Mary Newbauer, LCSW

Mary Newbauer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 27 years of experience helping people cope with loss, change, and the weight of difficult life moments. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship concerns, and issues that come with aging and later life. Mary aims to offer a calm, steady presence while people sort through pain and decide what comes next.

Mary supports individuals facing end-of-life concerns, caregiver strain, cancer-related stress, and midlife transitions. She uses simple, practical methods to help people manage symptoms and find daily routines that feel more manageable. Her work emphasizes active listening and supporting clients as they name what matters most to them.

Her approach blends client-centered listening with solution-focused steps, cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness, and psychodynamic and Jungian perspectives. This mix allows for short-term problem solving and deeper reflection when that feels useful. Sessions often include gentle reflection, practical coping strategies, and attention to personal meaning.

Mary trained at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and practiced for many years providing end-of-life support. She describes herself as someone who brings experience and wisdom to sessions and aims to help people create a new life after loss or change. If her style feels like a fit, she offers support through steady presence and focused listening.

People considering counseling are encouraged to think about the practical changes they want and bring those goals to the first meeting. Mary works in Wisconsin and conducts sessions in English.

Approaches that guide online work and reflection

Mary often draws on client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening closely and helping people set goals that matter to them. This approach is about being heard and supported while deciding practical next steps or deeper changes.

She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, a method that looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood. CBT is useful for managing anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching concrete strategies people can practice between sessions.

Finding the right approach is something to work on together. The therapist will help clients decide which methods match their goals and preferences, and adjustments can be made as needs change. That collaborative process is part of the work itself.

The original biography does not list specific online formats, so please confirm current session options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, shorten travel time, or allow for different check-in styles such as a briefer conversation when needed. Licensed professionals can adapt mindfulness exercises, CBT tools, and reflective conversation to an online setting to support coping, grief work, and life transitions.