Mary Bulla , LMHC

Mary Bulla is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida with three years of clinical experience. She holds a master’s degree from Nova Southeastern University and brings a compassionate, adaptable approach to supporting people through loss, mood disorders, relationship challenges, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and other life transitions. Mary blends clinical training with lived experience to guide clients toward practical coping skills and emotional resilience.

Her background includes working as a grief and bereavement specialist in a hospice setting, providing services to children ages 3 to 18 at a community health organization, seeing teens and adults in private practice, and facilitating support groups. Prior to becoming a therapist she balanced various part-time jobs while raising four children, an experience that informs her understanding of family and parenting challenges. After a diagnosis of breast cancer she developed a particular interest in helping people navigate chronic and terminal illness.

Mary uses an eclectic, client-centered approach and welcomes feedback to tailor care to each person’s needs. She draws on techniques such as client-centered therapy, solution-focused methods, EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing), psycho-education, cognitive behavioral techniques, and art and play therapy to support goals related to anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and many other areas.

Approaches and Online Care with Mary Bulla

Mary often uses client-centered therapy, a supportive approach that prioritizes the client's own perspective and pace. This method focuses on empathy, validation, and building a collaborative relationship to address issues like anxiety, depression, and life transitions.

She is also trained in EMDR, a structured technique used to help people process traumatic memories and reduce the emotional intensity tied to those experiences. EMDR can be helpful for clients working through past trauma and post-traumatic stress symptoms.

In addition, Mary incorporates solution-focused strategies that concentrate on practical steps and strengths to create change more quickly, which can be useful for coping with specific challenges such as stress, relationship problems, or parenting concerns.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Mary works with each client to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most effective, and she adjusts methods as therapy progresses to find the best fit.

Online therapy with Mary is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain consistent care, attend sessions from different locations, and integrate therapy into a busy life while working with licensed professionals and therapists who tailor treatment to individual needs.