About Mary
Mary Helen McFerren Morosko Casseday is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 48 years of clinical experience. She practices in Texas and works with adults facing common life challenges. Her style is practical and direct, aimed at helping people find patterns that get in the way of feeling better.
She helps people manage stress and anxiety, depression, addictions, and relationship trouble. She also supports those coping with grief, career changes, family conflict, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.
Background and approach
ADHD is one of the concerns listed among her focus areas. Her approach draws on several methods to match each person's needs. She uses client-centered techniques to follow what matters most to the individual.
Cognitive behavioral ideas help identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. <br
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following what matters most to the person. It helps people explore concerns at their own pace and decide what changes feel right for them.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It uses structured conversations and practical exercises to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and change unhelpful habits.
Hypnotherapy uses guided relaxation and focused attention to reach thoughts and feelings that can be hard to address directly. It can support work on stress, habit change, and coping skills alongside other approaches.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then adapt techniques as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can fit into a busy day or use less bandwidth, and messaging formats offer short check-ins or ongoing written support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work and family schedules and to keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 48 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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