Mary Hamm , LCSW

Mary Hamm is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Tennessee. She helps people feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, burnout, or life transitions. She works with adults facing parenting stress, postpartum concerns, ADHD challenges, and those searching for more joy and balance.

Her background spans 16 years in clinical work, focused on mood, stress, and trauma-related concerns. Sessions are shaped around each person's needs and strengths. She uses clear, practical tools rather than jargon so people can act between meetings.

Mary mixes several therapeutic approaches to match what an individual needs in the moment. That includes cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, mindfulness practices to build calm and focus, and acceptance-based methods to handle painful feelings. These methods are used to address anxiety, panic, mood disorders, and coping with life changes.

She also draws on motivational interviewing and client-centered work to help people clarify values and set realistic goals. This combination can help with self-esteem, career stress, grief, and compassion fatigue. Mary pays attention to how daily habits, sleep, and eating affect mood and energy.

People meet her for a mix of short-term problem solving and longer-term work on deeper patterns. The emphasis is on small, sustainable steps that add up to real change. If someone wants practical skills and steady support, she aims to make therapy understandable and usable.

How Mary Uses ACT, CBT, and Mindfulness Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that reflect their values. It can be useful for life transitions, burnout, and chronic anxiety. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which often helps with depression, panic, and mood regulation. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus, supporting stress management and emotional regulation.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. Mary collaborates with each person to test approaches and adjust as goals shift. She aims to be flexible, using short skill-building exercises, values clarification, or thought-challenging techniques depending on needs and preferences.

Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and practice, phone sessions can be lower bandwidth and easier to fit into a break, and chat or messaging formats work for quick check-ins, homework sharing, or people who prefer typing. These options make regular therapy more accessible and easier to maintain alongside everyday life.