- anger management skills
- CBT techniques
- mindfulness practice
About Mary
Dr. Mary Jane Preece is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) practicing in Ohio with 20 years of experience. She works with people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, anger, and life transitions. She also supports those facing grief, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, career shifts, and issues with self-esteem.
Her style is straightforward and practical. Sessions focus on what is happening now and on building skills that can be used between meetings. She uses talk, structured exercises, and step-by-step strategies so clients can test different ways of responding to stress and frustration.
Dr. Preece draws on a mix of approaches to match each person's needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers skills for managing strong emotions and improving communication. Mindfulness approaches bring attention to present-moment experience and reduce reactivity.
She also uses client-centered principles to keep sessions focused on the person's goals. Work can include problem-solving for workplace stress, addressing resentment that builds over time, or coaching around parenting pressures. Practical planning and skill rehearsal are common parts of the work.
People who want a clear, skills-oriented approach find this helpful. Dr. Preece asks questions, suggests experiments to try between sessions, and adjusts methods based on what is working. Sessions are conducted in English and are arranged through the site's scheduling process.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Dr. Preece often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in her work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce stress and anger. DBT teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving communication, and tolerating distress during conflict.She also draws on client-centered methods to keep sessions grounded in each person's goals and preferences. Finding the right mix of approaches is collaborative; the therapist and client review what helps and adjust methods as they go. The therapist will suggest small experiments and skills to practice between meetings to see what fits.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins during a work break, sessions that avoid commuting, or audio-only meetings when bandwidth is limited. Those practical benefits can help people maintain momentum while learning new ways to handle anger and stress.
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Ohio, Arizona
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, anger, relationship problems, grief, trauma, parenting strain, career matters, and related issues such as self-esteem and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a practical, skills-focused approach that mixes talk with exercises and homework. Sessions aim to reduce reactivity and build better ways of handling difficult feelings.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years of experience working with adults on emotional and life challenges.
What credentials and location apply?
She holds LPC and LPCC credentials and practices in Ohio with the licensure details AZ LPC and OH LPCC listed.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking since the biography does not specify formats here.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.