Mary Stein, LMFT

Mary Stein is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 27 years of experience. She works with adults facing anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, relationship strain, and codependency concerns. Mary also helps people dealing with sleep and eating issues, parenting stress, anger, low self-esteem, career changes, and caregiver fatigue.

Mary keeps things direct and practical in sessions. She listens to what has brought someone in and then outlines steps to address those problems. Conversations focus on changing unhelpful thinking and behaviors, building clearer boundaries, and practicing new ways of coping. Her style is interactive and respectful, with straightforward feedback and collaborative planning.

Her background includes private practice, clinical supervision in adolescent residential programs, and work at a domestic violence agency. That mix of settings informs how she approaches difficult topics like trauma, addiction, and family conflict. She draws on methods that emphasize understanding personal meaning while also teaching concrete skills to manage symptoms.

Therapy may include attention to present-day coping and to how past family patterns influence current choices. Techniques come from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral methods, dialectical skills, existential reflection, and mindfulness practices. Sessions aim to help people notice patterns, try small changes, and evaluate what helps in daily life.

Mary earned a master’s degree in counseling from Phillips Graduate Institute and became licensed as an LMFT in California in 1999. She practices in California and conducts work in English.

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions