Dr. Mary Ann Hensley , LMHC, LPC

Dr. Mary Ann Hensley is a licensed counselor practicing in Florida with 23 years of clinical experience. She holds the credentials LMHC and LPC - LMHC meaning Licensed Mental Health Counselor and LPC meaning Licensed Professional Counselor - and has worked with children, teens, and adults from diverse backgrounds. Over her career she has supported clients facing depression, anxiety, trauma, domestic violence, low self-esteem, and other life challenges, offering practical tools to help people move forward.

Her practice emphasizes a compassionate, strengths-based approach that helps clients build coping skills and improve day-to-day functioning. She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anger, relationship and family issues, grief and parenting challenges, LGBT matters, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and adjustment to life changes. Additional areas of focus include autism and Asperger syndrome, blended family issues, immigration-related struggles, post-traumatic stress, panic attacks, and self-harm prevention.

Dr. Hensley aims to create a supportive space where taking the first step toward change is recognized as an act of courage. She partners with clients to identify realistic goals and develop strategies that enhance quality of life and promote lasting growth.

Therapeutic approaches for online care and recovery

Dr. Mary Ann Hensley uses evidence-informed methods adapted for online work to help clients build skills and process difficult experiences. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and developing psychological flexibility - it helps people tolerate uncomfortable thoughts or feelings while taking steps toward a more meaningful life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) concentrates on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression and improve daily functioning. Trauma-Focused Therapy offers targeted strategies to address the effects of traumatic events, helping clients process memories and reduce trauma-related distress over time.

Selecting the right approach is a collaborative process. Dr. Hensley works with each client to explore goals, preferences, and life context, and she tailors techniques to fit individual needs rather than offering a one-size-fits-all plan.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging provides flexibility for scheduling, easier access for those with mobility or geographic constraints, and multiple ways to communicate depending on what feels most comfortable. These options make it simpler to maintain continuity of care and to integrate therapeutic work into a busy life.