Dr. Mary Ann Hensley, LMHC, LPC

Dr. Mary Ann Hensley brings a relationship-focused approach grounded in practical, person-centered care. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor with 23 years of experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns with clear, usable tools. Her style is straightforward and supportive for someone taking a first step toward change.

She blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with client-centered and cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice unhelpful patterns. Sessions often focus on small, doable steps to change behavior and feel more in control. Trauma-focused methods are used when past events are affecting day-to-day life.

Her background includes work across diverse populations and a range of challenges such as domestic violence, grief, ADHD, panic, and multicultural issues. That experience informs how she tailors sessions to each person’s situation. She emphasizes skills people can practice between meetings.

Dr. Hensley aims to make goals concrete. She works with people on parenting strain, blended family dynamics, and young adult transitions. She also supports those coping with natural or human-caused disasters and immigration-related stress.

Overall, her practice centers on helping people identify what matters to them, reduce unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and build small routines that improve daily life.

How Dr. Hensley Uses Evidence-Based Approaches Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions in line with those values. It’s useful for anxiety, life transitions, and relationship priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like panic or low mood. It emphasizes practical exercises clients can practice between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying a technique, checking how it feels, and adjusting the plan together over time.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit help into a busy life. It can reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins on a lunch break or longer sessions when needed. Because session formats are not specified in the biography, confirm current options before booking to see what formats are offered. Licensed professionals and therapists can tailor exercises and homework to be done between meetings so progress continues outside sessions.