About Mary
Mary Bulla is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, ADHD, and life transitions. She works with people coping with loss, chronic or terminal illness, parenting strain, and relationship or intimacy concerns. Her tone is direct and compassionate, aimed at people who want practical help and steady support.
Mary adapts her approach to what each person needs. Sessions are collaborative and focused on small, achievable steps.
Background and approach
She listens first, then offers techniques that fit the client’s goals and daily life. Her background includes a master’s degree from Nova Southeastern University and experience in hospice bereavement care, community health work with children, and independent practice with teens and adults.
She has spent time leading support groups and working with people facing serious illness after her own cancer diagnosis influenced her interests. In session Mary may draw from client-centered methods, psychodynamic ideas about past patterns, solution-focused strategies for short-term goals, and EMDR for trauma work. She also uses practical tools like psychoeducation, cognitive techniques, and creative activities when helpful.
Mary values honesty, feedback, and a judgment-free space. She encourages people to try a few sessions and notice whether the approach feels right. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that works for the client.
How these approaches work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding the person’s experience and building a trusting relationship; it helps when someone needs a supportive space to sort their feelings and decide on next steps. EMDR, or eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, is an approach used to process traumatic memories and reduce their emotional intensity when trauma is part of the problem. Psychodynamic therapy looks at patterns that developed over time and how past experiences shape current reactions, which can help with recurring relationship or self-esteem issues.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, history, and preferences and suggest methods that fit. Together they can try different techniques and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people keep face-to-face contact while saving travel time. Phone sessions work well for lower bandwidth or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow for brief updates or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy days and varying routines.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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