Mary Verberne , LCSW

Mary Verberne is a licensed clinical social worker with 12 years of experience practicing in Louisiana. She focuses on helping people manage depression, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, and major life transitions. Her style is warm and faith-informed, and she aims to make sessions feel like a calm space to sort through what matters most.

Mary listens first and then helps clients set practical goals. She uses conversational strategies to break problems into smaller steps. Sessions often include clearer communication skills, coping tactics for stress and anger, and work on self-esteem and boundaries.

Her background includes supporting people through grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, and caregiver stress. She also addresses intimacy-related concerns, sleeping problems, career questions, and challenges connected to ADHD and compassion fatigue. Mary brings experience with both short-term coaching-style work and longer-term therapeutic change.

She draws on client-centered methods alongside cognitive behavioral and mindfulness techniques. That combination is used to help people reframe unhelpful thoughts, try new behaviors, and build present-moment skills that reduce overwhelm. Motivational interviewing and narrative approaches shape how she helps clients find purpose and motivation.

Mary describes therapy as a collaborative effort. She helps clients explore values, identify small changes, and practice new ways of responding. The aim is to create steady progress people can use outside sessions and carry into everyday life.

How Mary uses therapeutic approaches online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding a person's perspective and offering acceptance and empathy to help them find their own solutions. It is helpful for people who want a supportive space to talk through relationship, family, or self-esteem concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It works well for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and stress-related issues.

Mindfulness Therapy builds simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm. It pairs well with other approaches for managing stress, anger, and compassion fatigue.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Mary will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences, and she may combine techniques as needs change over time.

Online sessions offer flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is low or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, ongoing encouragement, and practical coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to maintain consistency and practice new skills in everyday life.