Works with
- Anger
- Family conflicts
- Grief
How Mary works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Licensed in
- Alabama
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Mary
Mary Mcfarland-Norris is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience based in Alabama. She works with adults and offers telehealth statewide. Mary focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, depression, grief, anger, and life changes.
Her style is calm, empathetic, and down-to-earth. Sessions begin with listening and building trust. She asks questions to understand feelings and patterns before suggesting practical steps.
Mary often uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior.
Background and approach
She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take small, meaningful actions toward them. She works with people facing relationship strain, parenting stress, career shifts, and challenges tied to trauma or loss. Mary also supports first responders, veterans, and those dealing with hospice or end-of-life concerns.
Multicultural issues and compassion fatigue are within her focus as well. Goal setting is collaborative. Mary helps clients set realistic targets, track progress, and build coping skills for eating, sleeping, intimacy, and self-esteem concerns.
Her approach is practical and paced to each persons comfort. In the first session clients can expect an open conversation about how they feel and what they want to change. From there she and the client map a path forward and adjust methods as progress is made.
What Mary works with
Everything Mary lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Mary's practice.
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- First responder issues
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Multicultural concerns
Approaches Mary lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches and online options that fit your life
Mary commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going, and then practice new ways of thinking and acting to reduce anxiety, depression, or anger. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on clarifying what matters most and taking small committed actions toward those values even when difficult feelings are present.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Mary starts by listening to what matters to the client, their goals, and daily routines. Together they try methods, check what helps, and adjust the plan so the work fits the client's needs and pace.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and exercises. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat or messaging can work for quick check-ins, skill practice, or brief reflections between longer sessions. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy into work, home, or busy schedules while letting the therapist and client focus on practical steps and skill building.
Questions people ask about Mary
What types of concerns does she address?
She helps people with anxiety, stress, depression, grief, anger, relationship and intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, bipolar concerns, career matters, and coping with life changes. First responder, veteran, hospice, multicultural, and compassion fatigue issues are also part of her focus.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is calm, empathetic, and personable. She listens first, asks questions to understand feelings, and works collaboratively to set goals and track progress.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 20 years of experience as a licensed social worker and has worked with adults across many life stages and transitions.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is an AL LICSW, licensed in Alabama, and provides services statewide via telehealth.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.