Mary Keane, LICSW

Mary Keane is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with ten years of experience helping people facing major life shifts. She welcomes conversations about stress, anxiety, relationships, grief, self-esteem, and the many difficult changes that can arrive in midlife. Her style is down-to-earth and practical, aimed at getting beneath what keeps someone stuck.

Mary uses straightforward talk and careful listening to help people name what matters to them. She focuses on issues like abandonment, attachment, body image, chronic illness and pain, and family of origin concerns. She also supports people coping with control issues, codependency, guilt, and forgiveness as they work through transitions.

In sessions she helps people sort priorities and try small, manageable steps toward change. She offers support around aging and geriatric issues, fatherhood concerns, hospice and end-of-life matters, and the stresses that can come with first responder roles. She aims to break down big problems into concrete actions and clearer choices.

Mary practices in the District of Columbia and conducts sessions in English. Her approach draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide practical problem solving and emotional processing. She encourages people to treat therapy as a process of discovery rather than a single event.

To begin, visitors complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a session according to the therapist's availability. Payment uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How evidence-based tools translate to online care

Mary draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people handle stress, anxiety, grief, and life transitions. One common approach uses guided conversation and problem-solving to identify patterns that cause distress and to try small behavior changes that can reduce stress. Another focuses on processing difficult emotions and losses through paced reflection and skillful listening to help people rebuild a sense of direction and self-worth.

Deciding which approach fits best is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match techniques to their goals, preferences, and daily demands. This makes it easier to try methods that feel useful and to adjust course when something does not fit.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the specific session formats before booking since the biography does not list them. Online work can make it simpler to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time so therapy can happen around work or caregiving responsibilities. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and coping strategies for remote sessions so therapy can stay practical and focused on real-life change.