Mary Keever, LCSW

Mary Keever is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with eight years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, trauma, and everyday stress. Her style is direct and respectful, aimed at helping each person reach the goals they set for themselves.

Mary treats symptoms of anxiety and depression and helps people who have lived through trauma. She uses practical strategies to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. She also works with concerns like sleep problems, anger, career stress, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy issues, and challenges tied to attention and mood differences.

In sessions she combines cognitive behavioral techniques with client-centered listening. She also draws on dialectical behavior skills and mindfulness exercises to build coping skills and emotional regulation. Motivational interviewing helps when someone wants to make change but feels stuck.

Mary also offers health coaching to support goal-setting and everyday wellness habits. Coaching is presented as a hands-on way to put plans into action and to build routines that support mental and physical health. Clients who have medical or caregiving demands may find this combined focus useful.

Mary sees people in North Carolina and conducts sessions in English. She emphasizes collaboration - you help set priorities and she brings tools and structure. The work aims to be practical, steady, and tailored to each person

Therapeutic approaches that work online

Mary commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing simpler, more realistic ways of thinking. CBT helps with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and day-to-day stress by giving clear skills to practice between sessions.

She also uses client-centered therapy, which means listening carefully and shaping sessions around each person's priorities and pace. That approach helps people feel heard and helps guide practical goal setting. Mary draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills when emotions feel overwhelming, offering concrete techniques for self-soothing, distress tolerance, and improving communication.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Mary treats the first few sessions as a time to learn about needs, goals, and preferences and then collaboratively chooses techniques that fit. She adapts tools when someone prefers behavioral exercises, skill practice, or goal-focused coaching.

Online therapy offers flexibility and a range of ways to connect. Video calls let a therapist and client use visual cues and screen-shared worksheets. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, shorter coaching exchanges, and ongoing skill practice between sessions, making it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.