Mary Knight , LCSW

Mary Knight, LCSW, focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and major life changes. She aims to give practical support and steady guidance while people sort out painful emotions and decisions.

She brings 34 years of clinical experience in Texas to each session. That background means she has worked with a wide range of concerns, including depression, parenting strain, caregiver stress, and chronic illness. Sessions tend to center on clear goals and usable tools rather than abstract talk.

Mary uses several evidence-based approaches to shape the work. She blends practical skill-building with mindful awareness and values-driven choices, adapting methods to each person’s needs. This helps clients manage strong emotions, reduce unhelpful behaviors, and find direction after loss or change.

People who come to her can expect a respectful, steady presence and language that is plain and direct. She values collaboration and asks questions that help clients pick what matters most to them. Progress is measured in small, everyday changes as much as in big milestones.

Her practice also addresses relationship and family problems, communication difficulties, codependency, and issues tied to abandonment or attachment. Mary supports clients through end-of-life and hospice concerns, and she works with those coping with guilt, shame, or feelings of emptiness.

Therapy sessions use tools from cognitive behavioral work, acceptance and commitment ideas, dialectical skills, and mindfulness practices. The intent is to offer realistic strategies people can use between sessions to feel steadier and more in control of their choices.

How evidence-based approaches translate online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) invites people to name what matters to them and take small actions in that direction. It mixes accepting difficult feelings with practical steps to live by personal values, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments. It teaches concrete skills for managing mood, reducing avoidance, and changing behaviors that keep problems going.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) contributes emotion regulation and distress-tolerance tools that are useful when feelings run high or when impulses feel overwhelming. These skills help people stay grounded during intense moments.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences, and past experiences to decide which methods to use. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps and what doesn't, so clients stay involved in shaping their care.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow full conversation and visual cues, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth or camera use is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can provide shorter check-ins or ongoing written support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between sessions.