Dr. Mary Jane Preece, LPC, LPCC
Ohio · 20 years in practice
Dr. Mary Jane Preece is a licensed counselor who uses an existential lens to help people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and life transitions.
License and registration
- LPCC, Ohio
- E.0008083-SUPV · expires September 2027
- LPC, Arizona
- LPC-22563 · expires October 2027
- NPI
- 1275723579 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 20
- 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
Dr. Mary Jane Preece is a licensed counselor who uses an existential lens to help people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and life transitions. She holds LPC and LPCC credentials and brings two decades of clinical experience in Ohio to each session.
She focuses on practical conversations that help people clarify what matters to them. Sessions often include looking at day-to-day choices, coping skills, and how personal values shape decisions.
Background and approach
The tone is direct but kind, and the work aims to be useful in ordinary life. Her background includes long-term practice with mood difficulties, grief, trauma and caregiver stress. She also supports people dealing with career shifts, parenting strain, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
Those concerns are discussed in plain language and with attention to immediate needs. Dr. Preece blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral and mindfulness tools when helpful.
She also uses elements from dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation and grounding skills. The intent is to match approaches to each person’s situation rather than follow a single method. Therapy sessions can focus on small, step-by-step changes or on deeper questions about meaning and purpose.
People leave with practical strategies they can use between sessions and a clearer idea of their next steps.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Mary lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Mary names
- Existential Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches work online
Existential Therapy helps people face questions about meaning, choice, and purpose. Online sessions can use this approach to talk through life transitions, feelings of emptiness, and decisions about relationships or career paths in a straightforward way.Client-Centered Therapy centers on careful listening and reflection. In remote sessions this approach aims to create a space where someone feels heard and can sort through emotions and values at their own pace.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping skills and adapts well to exercises and worksheets shared during video or text-based work.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to match methods to goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean trying brief skill-focused work one month and deeper existential conversations the next.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen sharing for worksheets, phone sessions can fit a short break at work or require less bandwidth, and live chat or text messages make quick check-ins and ongoing skill practice easier. These options help therapy fit into busy lives and different routines.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Dr. Preece address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and communication problems, grief, trauma and caregiver fatigue among other issues listed in her specialties.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is direct and empathetic, blending existential reflection with client-centered listening and practical skills from CBT, DBT, and mindfulness.
What is her clinical background?
Dr. Preece has 20 years of experience working with adults on mood challenges, life transitions, trauma recovery, and stress-related concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LPC and LPCC credentials and practices in Ohio.
Which languages are supported and can she work with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How are costs handled for therapy?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps start the process of working together?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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