Mary Clifford, LPC

Mary Clifford is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Arizona with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, anger, bipolar concerns, addictions, and relationship or family worries. She centers sessions on each person's strengths and choices, and she aims to support people as they take steps toward change.

Mary believes the client is the expert in their own story. She uses straightforward conversation to identify what matters most to each person. That can mean finding small, practical steps to reduce daily stress or working on thoughts and habits that get in the way of feeling steady.

Her approach draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. These methods are used to help with mood, obsessive or compulsive patterns, coping with grief, and adjusting to major life changes. Sessions often include skills practice, thought work, and goal-focused conversations.

Mary has worked with people facing first responder stresses, gender dysphoria, hospice and end-of-life concerns, intellectual disability, OCD and related obsessions, paranoia, and personality disorder challenges. She also offers support around parenting, sleep struggles, and self-esteem.

Sessions are provided in English and follow whatever scheduling and subscription process the practice uses. Prospective clients are encouraged to confirm the current session options before booking.

How ACT, CBT and Mindfulness fit into online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck in them and then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life transitions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Sessions use simple exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and build new habits that reduce distress and improve daily functioning.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches paying attention on purpose to what is happening now. This practice can calm racing thoughts, help with sleep problems, and reduce reactivity to stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit best with their goals, needs, and preferences. That choice can change as progress is made.

Because the biography does not list specific session formats, please confirm current online session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, reduce travel time, and let people continue care during transitions. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, and mindfulness exercises to remote sessions so practical skills can be practiced between meetings.