Dr. Mary Ann Hensley, LMHC, LPC

Dr. Mary Ann Hensley uses cognitive behavioral approaches to help people make clear, practical changes in their everyday lives. She draws on straightforward skills to address worry, low mood, trauma, and stress. Her style is direct and empathic, aimed at helping people manage symptoms and try new ways of coping.

She has 23 years of experience as a clinician and holds the credential Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, and Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC. Dr. Hensley practices in Florida and works with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, grief, and parenting stress.

In sessions she focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. She also uses acceptance-based ideas to help people live in line with what matters to them, even when emotions are strong. For people affected by trauma she blends practical coping skills with trauma-focused work to reduce reactivity and improve daily functioning.

Dr. Hensley has supported people through life transitions, compassion fatigue, ADHD challenges, and multicultural stressors. She brings experience with issues such as domestic violence, immigration-related stress, panic attacks, and post-traumatic stress.

Her approach is conversational and goal-oriented. She offers tools clients can use between sessions and adjusts strategies to fit each person’s needs. The aim is steady progress toward clearer thinking, calmer responses, and better day-to-day functioning.

Using CBT and Trauma-Focused Tools Online

Dr. Hensley commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking patterns. CBT breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions so people can test new responses and reduce symptoms like worry and panic.

She also draws on Trauma-Focused Therapy to help people recover from upsetting events. That approach works on reducing reactivity, building coping skills, and restoring daily routines after trauma. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is another tool she may use to help clients act in line with their values even when emotions are strong.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each client to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Sessions are adjusted over time based on what is most helpful.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can fit a lunch break or require less bandwidth, and messaging or live chat supports brief check-ins or written reflections. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping treatment consistent and practical.