- Mindfulness-based care
- Practical skill building
- Collaborative approach
About Mary
Mary Stein is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 27 years of experience. She helps people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship problems, addiction, parenting strain, and life changes. Her approach aims to reduce stress and improve day-to-day functioning so people can move forward.
She uses a warm, accepting, and interactive style in sessions. Conversations focus on what brought someone in and on practical steps to feel better. Mary gives clear feedback and works with each person’s goals and strengths.
Mary blends mindfulness practices with client-centered and cognitive behavioral ideas. That means paying attention to the present moment, noticing unhelpful thinking patterns, and trying small behavior changes. She also draws on dialectical skills and existential ideas when questions about meaning, choice, and purpose come up.
Her background includes private practice work, clinical supervision in adolescent residential programs, and time at a domestic violence agency. These settings shaped her focus on trauma, safety, and thoughtful support for people in difficult situations.
Sessions emphasize compassion, steady progress, and skills people can use between meetings. Mary sees therapy as a collaborative process where small steps add up. She aims to help people gain more self-awareness, better coping skills, and clearer direction in their lives.
She uses a warm, accepting, and interactive style in sessions. Conversations focus on what brought someone in and on practical steps to feel better. Mary gives clear feedback and works with each person’s goals and strengths.
Mary blends mindfulness practices with client-centered and cognitive behavioral ideas. That means paying attention to the present moment, noticing unhelpful thinking patterns, and trying small behavior changes. She also draws on dialectical skills and existential ideas when questions about meaning, choice, and purpose come up.
Her background includes private practice work, clinical supervision in adolescent residential programs, and time at a domestic violence agency. These settings shaped her focus on trauma, safety, and thoughtful support for people in difficult situations.
Sessions emphasize compassion, steady progress, and skills people can use between meetings. Mary sees therapy as a collaborative process where small steps add up. She aims to help people gain more self-awareness, better coping skills, and clearer direction in their lives.