About Mary
Mary Pirant helps people facing anxiety, depression, addictions, and major life changes. She also supports those struggling with stress, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, ADHD, bipolar challenges, and workplace or career issues. Mary lists additional focus on first responder issues, infidelity, obsessive-compulsive concerns, and personality disorder-related difficulties.
Mary is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, practicing from Florida with 15 years of experience. She frames therapy as a practical process that starts with one step.
Background and approach
Mary encourages clients to name their reasons for change and to commit to the work that follows. Her style is direct and collaborative. She creates an open space where people can talk about painful thoughts and feelings without judgment.
Sessions focus on identifying goals, testing new behaviors, and building skills that fit daily life. Mary blends evidence-based techniques with coaching elements when appropriate. That approach helps people manage symptoms, rebuild routines, and reconnect with relationships.
She works with clients to track progress and adjust plans as needs shift. Practical matters are part of the work. Mary helps people break problems into manageable steps and practices tools between sessions.
She invites clients who are ready to try a different path to begin by clarifying what they want to change.
Approaches and how online therapy fits your life
Mary uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and symptom relief. One common approach emphasizes skill-building to manage anxiety and depressive symptoms through structured practice and clear strategies for coping and emotion regulation. This helps people reduce overwhelm and regain day-to-day functioning.Another approach centers on addressing addictive behaviors and compulsions by identifying triggers, testing alternatives, and creating sustainable routines. This method supports people who want concrete steps to break unhelpful patterns and strengthen healthier habits.
Finding the right method is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to understand goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Decisions about approach are made together and reviewed as progress is tracked.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet those goals. Video calls let people use visual cues and deeper conversation. Phone sessions are a lower-bandwidth option when connectivity or a quick check-in matters. Live chat or text-based messaging supports brief check-ins, coaching-style prompts, or ongoing accountability between sessions. Together these formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep momentum between appointments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English