Mary Redding

Mary Redding is a licensed social worker with 36 years of clinical experience in Mississippi. She works with people facing family and relationship strain, anger, stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and career concerns. Her style is warm and straightforward, focused on practical steps that fit day-to-day life.

She helps parents and caregivers sort through parenting challenges and blended family dynamics. She also supports people dealing with attachment issues, abandonment, adoption and foster care questions, and caregiver stress. When someone is overwhelmed by change or loss, she offers steady guidance and problem-solving tools.

Mary uses a mix of approaches to match a person’s needs, drawing on cognitive behavioral ideas, acceptance and commitment concepts, attachment-based insights, client-centered listening, and skills from dialectical behavior methods. Sessions aim to clarify what matters most and build small, useful habits. She keeps language simple and focuses on steps people can try between meetings.

Her work includes helping with codependency, communication problems, control issues, and the fallout from domestic violence or divorce. She also addresses compassion fatigue and supports people facing aging or caregiver burdens. The emphasis is on practical coping, clearer boundaries, and restoring a sense of direction.

People who choose her can expect a collaborative, respectful process. She will help set goals, track progress, and adjust the plan as needs change.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying values and taking committed action toward what matters. It helps people reduce avoidance and build a life that reflects their priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills for changing unhelpful patterns. It is often useful for anxiety, depression, and anger management.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and personal style. That decision can shift over time as progress is tracked and new concerns come up.

Confirm current session options before booking, since formats are not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins on hectic days. It can also let people work on skills between meetings in the spaces they normally live and work in. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT and CBT techniques effectively in remote sessions when approach, goals, and practical needs are discussed up front.