Where Mary stands
- Credentials
- LPC
- License
- LPC, Arizona / LPC-2412
- NPI
- 1851703425
- Experience
- 30 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Arizona
About
- Stress and anxiety
- Addictions support
- Codependency concerns
About Mary
Mary Herro is an Arizona Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 30 years of clinical experience. She works with adults dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, depression, and life transitions. Mary also lists codependency among the concerns she addresses and supports people facing relationship strain and caretaking pressures.
Her practice centers on practical conversation and problem-solving. Sessions focus on what is happening now and on small steps clients can take. Mary adjusts the pace and topics to every person she meets and uses straightforward language rather than jargon.
She has substantial experience with family-related issues such as blended family challenges, parenting strain, adoption and foster care matters, and divorce or separation. She also works with people facing substance use concerns and domestic violence aftereffects, and with mood issues including bipolar disorder and severe anxiety.
Other areas Mary addresses include body image, eating concerns, ADHD, attachment and abandonment wounds, and feelings of emptiness or dissociation. She supports people navigating career stress, anger, and the impact of aging and geriatric issues.
Mary conducts sessions in English and practices in Arizona. The work typically involves talking through patterns, trying new ways of handling conflicts, and building skills for day-to-day coping. To start, clients complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the online booking flow.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Mary draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on present-day problems and skill building. One common approach she uses helps people identify and change unhelpful thought patterns so anxiety and low mood become easier to manage. This technique is helpful for stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms.Another approach emphasizes behavioral experiments and small action steps. That method focuses on trying practical changes between sessions to test what works, which can help with addictions, codependency patterns, and coping with life transitions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Mary will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences and will adjust strategies as progress is made.
The biography does not specify which online formats she uses. Confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so sessions can happen between errands, at lunch, or during a work break. Licensed professionals can adapt activities for phone or video as appropriate, and Mary tailors how sessions are run to each person's daily routine.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Experience
30+ years
Listed in
Arizona
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Does she help with people-pleasing and codependency?
Yes. She lists codependency among the concerns she works with and can help people who keep putting others first at their own expense.
What is her approach in sessions?
She uses practical conversation and problem-solving. Sessions focus on current patterns and small, manageable steps clients can try between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has 30 years of professional work experience supporting people with stress, addictions, grief, and mood concerns.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - practicing in Arizona.
Can I see her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are conducted in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are offered?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.