Mardi Mitchell, LCSW

Mardi Mitchell is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 25 years of experience helping people navigate major life shifts. She focuses on practical steps to reduce stress, manage anxiety, and find steadiness during times of change. Her approach is calm and straightforward, aimed at people who feel stuck or overwhelmed.

Mardi offers a warm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk about grief, depression, relationship pain, compassion fatigue, and issues around career and parenting. She listens first, then helps clients set clear, realistic goals. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.

Her work often addresses deeper patterns such as codependency, family-of-origin conflicts, abandonment, and control issues. She also supports people facing chronic illness, caregiver stress, aging concerns, and end-of-life or hospice-related decisions. Practical coping skills and problem-solving are part of the process.

Mardi uses a mix of approaches to match the client and the problem. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness, and client-centered methods. Therapy sessions may include skill practice, values clarification, and thought restructuring.

Clients are invited to identify what matters most and then build habits that fit daily life. Mardi emphasizes steady progress rather than quick fixes. She aims to help people reclaim a sense of direction and to move forward with more confidence.

How these approaches translate to online care

Mardi practices Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in ways that translate well to remote sessions. ACT focuses on clarifying personal values and taking committed action, which often involves simple at-home exercises and behavior changes. CBT emphasizes noticing and changing patterns of thinking and behavior through doable homework and skill practice between meetings.

She also incorporates Client-Centered Therapy, which centers on active listening and building a trusting conversation. That approach supports people who need a calm, accepting space to sort through feelings and make choices. Together with the client, she decides which methods fit best for each concern and goal.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session formats offered before booking. Ask whether sessions are scheduled as video or phone appointments and how scheduling works. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let skill practice happen in your regular environment. The therapist will help match approach and format to practical needs so therapy can be useful and manageable.