Mary Kallenbach, LCMHC

Mary Kallenbach is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Supervisor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina. She has worked in counseling since 1995 and brings many years of experience helping people with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, depression, and major life changes.

Mary uses straightforward, practical work in sessions. She meets people where they are and focuses on steps that can reduce suffering and increase control. Her approach emphasizes collaboration so people leave feeling more able to handle hard moments and make clearer choices.

Her background includes inpatient work with adult women who had eating disorders, personality and psychotic disorders, and post-traumatic stress. She has also held roles in county mental health, school settings, and a residential healing program where she worked with adults facing serious emotional health conditions.

Since 1998 she has maintained a independent practice where she works with individuals, families, and couples, and she has led group sessions. Her training and methods have included cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior work, acceptance and commitment ideas, prolonged exposure for trauma, and EMDR when appropriate.

Mary aims to help people toward practical solutions and empowerment. She draws on varied clinical approaches and years of hands-on experience to tailor care to each person's needs.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Mary uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) often in her work. ACT focuses on helping people notice their thoughts and choose actions that align with their values, which can ease anxiety and clarify relationship priorities. CBT looks at unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and teaches practical skills to change them, which can reduce symptoms of depression and stress.

She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills when emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness are central concerns. DBT offers concrete techniques for handling intense feelings and improving communication in relationships. Deciding which approach to use is a shared process; the therapist and client will review needs, goals, and preferences and choose methods that fit the person and the issue at hand.

If you are considering online work, confirm the session formats available before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so people can use a break at work or a quieter part of the day for a session. Licensed professionals adapt ACT, CBT, and DBT skills for distance work so therapy focuses on usable tools and steady progress without promising a specific outcome.