Mary HammLCSW

Mary Hamm is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Tennessee. She works with people who feel overwhelmed, anxious, burned out, or weighed down by depression. Mary offers an affirming space for those facing parenting stress, postpartum challenges, major life transitions, or a general sense of disconnection from joy.

Her style is flexible and client-driven. Sessions are shaped around each person's needs and strengths rather than a single method. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas and mindfulness tools to help manage mood and daily stress.

Mary also weaves in acceptance-based techniques and motivational interviewing to help people clarify values and take small, meaningful steps. She has experience supporting people with ADHD and long-term stress, and she uses practical skills for emotional regulation and everyday coping.

People who feel stuck or depleted can expect straightforward, calm guidance aimed at reconnecting them with small moments of relief. Mary emphasizes present-moment awareness, realistic behavior changes, and gentle problem solving rather than quick fixes.

Her work also addresses broader concerns such as relationship strain, grief, self-esteem, eating and sleeping problems, and coping with life changes. She aims to help people find steadier footing and move toward a more hopeful, manageable daily life.

How Mary’s Approaches Work Online and in Practice

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It’s useful for people who feel stuck by worry, low mood, or life changes and want clearer direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. It often includes simple exercises to change daily habits and reactions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Mary treats therapy as a collaborative process and will help clients try methods and pick what fits best. Goals, preferences, and practical needs guide which techniques are used in sessions so clients can see what actually helps them day to day.

Specific session formats are not listed here, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, and allow for quicker check-ins between in-person appointments. It can also let people use less bandwidth by choosing audio-only conversations or keep a visual connection when talking through parenting or postpartum concerns. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT and CBT tools to work across different session styles to support real-world change.