Mary Lee Palmer , LCSW, CSW

Mary Lee Palmer is a licensed social worker based in Georgia with 41 years of clinical experience. She holds LCSW and CSW credentials - LCSW denotes Licensed Clinical Social Worker and CSW denotes Certified Social Worker - and has worked across inpatient psychiatric settings and private practice, serving people from early childhood through later life. Her practice encompasses a broad range of concerns including addictions, relationship and family difficulties, grief, intimacy-related issues, stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, parenting challenges, anger, self-esteem, career transitions, bipolar disorder, depression, and coping with life changes.

Palmer has particular training and experience with infidelity and sex-related concerns within relationships, and she has extensive couples and family experience. While employed on a child and adolescent unit at Peachford Hospital in Atlanta, she led a parent group, an adolescent daily group, and family therapy sessions for four years. She also served as Director of Child and Adolescent Services at Brawner Hospital in Atlanta. Her background includes work with physical trauma, emotional abuse, and severe chronic conditions including bipolar disorders.

Her clinical style is warm, interactive, and often playful, grounded in respect, sensitivity, and compassion, and she avoids defining people by labels. Her approach draws on cognitive-behavioral, mindfulness, client-centered, psychodynamic, and rational-emotive methods, and she collaborates with each person to tailor a treatment plan to individual needs. Mary Lee Palmer is accepting clients, including international clients, and offers support for those ready to take steps toward greater fulfillment and well-being.

Approaches That Inform Online Care

Mary Lee Palmer integrates client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and mindfulness therapy into her online practice. Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person's experience and building a collaborative, empathetic relationship that helps address relationship concerns, family dynamics, and issues of self-esteem. Cognitive behavioral therapy examines patterns of thought and behavior to develop practical strategies for managing anxiety, depression, addiction, and stress. Mindfulness therapy teaches present-moment awareness and grounding skills that can support coping with trauma, emotional reactivity, sleep difficulties, and chronic stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and Mary Lee Palmer works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods best match their goals, preferences, and life circumstances. She tailors interventions and revises the plan as work progresses, keeping the client's needs central in decision making.

Online sessions offer flexible ways to engage in therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit appointments into busy schedules or to connect from different locations. Licensed professionals can deliver effective, evidence-informed care remotely, and these formats support continued access to therapy for a wide range of concerns while accommodating practical life demands.