Mary O'Dell, LICSW

Mary O'Dell is an Alabama LICSW with five years of clinical experience. She helps adults who feel stuck after changes in work, relationships, or health. Many people come to her with stress, anxiety, depression, problems with self-esteem, and questions about life purpose.

Mary focuses on practical conversation and steady support rather than quick fixes. She uses approaches that help people notice unhelpful thinking, test new behaviors, and tell their story differently. Sessions involve straightforward skills, real-life problem solving, and attention to how past events still affect day-to-day choices.

She also addresses addictions, social anxiety, body image concerns, caregiver stress, and the emotional fallout of divorce and separation. Mary works with people dealing with guilt, shame, post-traumatic stress, and communication problems. She often supports women and LGBTQ+ people who are navigating big life shifts.

In sessions she blends client-centered listening with structured techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness. Narrative and solution-focused ideas appear when they help people set concrete next steps. The emphasis is on finding approaches that fit a person’s goals and pace.

Mary describes therapy as collaborative and practical. People who want clear coping tools, help sorting priorities, or who are reconsidering what matters next often find this way of working useful. To begin, she asks people to identify immediate concerns and a few small goals to guide early sessions.

How therapy approaches are used in online sessions