Mary Cashman, LPC

Mary Cashman is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Connecticut with 13 years of clinical experience. She focuses on common concerns like depression, anxiety, stress, and grief, and helps people navigate relationship and family conflicts. Her approach is warm and nonjudgmental and she encourages small first steps toward relief.

Mary aims to make sessions straightforward and understandable. She creates a calm space where clients can say what they think and feel. Conversations are used to identify practical, manageable steps to reduce symptoms and restore daily routines.

Her work often draws on Client-Centered ideas, which prioritize the client's perspective and pace. She also uses elements of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and shift unhelpful thinking patterns. Mindfulness techniques are offered to help manage stress and increase present-moment focus.

Mary has worked with people facing grief and loss, strong feelings of guilt or shame, and the stress that comes with life transitions. She also has a focus on aging and geriatric issues and supports people dealing with the emotional side of growing older.

She knows starting therapy takes courage and aims to make the first steps easier. The tone in sessions is practical and compassionate, with attention to real-life problem solving and emotional understanding.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead. In practice this means the therapist reflects what is said, asks gentle questions, and helps clients set their own goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches people to spot thinking patterns that make problems worse and to practice different ways of responding. CBT can help with anxiety, depression, and stress by giving concrete skills to use between sessions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Mary will talk with each person about goals and preferences and try methods that fit their needs. That choice is collaborative and may shift as therapy progresses.

Many people find online therapy helps fit sessions into a busy life, like making it easier to schedule appointments around work or caregiving. Some formats can make check-ins shorter or reduce the need to be on camera, which helps on busy days. Confirm the current session options before booking so you know what formats are available and which will best match your routine.