Mary Foy, LMHC
Iowa · 13 years in practice
Mary Foy is a licensed mental health counselor with 13 years of professional experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, addiction concerns, grief, and mood challenges.
License and registration
- LMHC, Iowa
- 001569 · expires September 2026
- NPI
- 1760735070 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 13
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Mary
Mary Foy is a licensed mental health counselor with 13 years of professional experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, addiction concerns, grief, and mood challenges. She speaks plainly and listens closely so people can describe what feels hard. Mary emphasizes practical steps alongside honest conversation to help people manage daily struggles.
She works from a belief that each person knows their life best. Sessions focus on identifying what matters to the client and small changes that fit into real life.
Background and approach
Conversations often include concrete coping tools, behavior-focused steps, and space to reflect on meaning and values. Mary uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to break unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. She also brings Trauma-Focused Therapy when past events continue to affect day-to-day functioning.
Existential therapy informs her work by attending to questions about purpose, choice, and responsibility. In sessions she aims for a direct and compassionate style. People can expect clear explanations, hands-on strategies, and time to talk about difficult feelings.
The pace and methods are adjusted to each person’s goals and comfort. Mary is licensed in Iowa as an LMHC. She offers sessions in English and works with people on a mix of life concerns such as parenting stress, eating and sleeping issues, ADHD, career pressures, and compassion fatigue.
She accepts international clients for online work and supports those coping with both recent and long-standing problems.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Mary lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Mary names
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Online support
Therapeutic approaches for online counseling
Mary uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT often focuses on small, practical experiments and skill building to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and improve sleep.She also draws on Trauma-Focused Therapy when past events continue to shape daily life. That approach pays attention to how memories and stress reactions affect current behavior and aims to reduce their impact through paced, targeted work.
Existential therapy is part of her perspective as well, inviting conversation about meaning, choice, and values when people face major life questions or changes. These approaches are presented in plain language and linked to everyday goals.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Mary will work with clients to match methods to their goals, preferences, and comfort level. Therapy may blend techniques so sessions feel tailored and useful rather than rigid.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone calls can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text messages help people who prefer writing or need flexible timing. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, parenting, and other responsibilities.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Mary help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting strain, ADHD, and related issues like self-esteem and sleep difficulties.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is direct and compassionate with an emphasis on practical steps. Sessions mix honest conversation with hands-on strategies to help clients make changes that fit real life.
What is her professional background?
Mary has 13 years of professional experience working in mental health settings and brings that experience to individual counseling relationships.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the LMHC credential and is licensed in Iowa.
Which languages are supported and can international clients participate?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be done via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are fees handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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