- Client-centered methods
- Somatic approaches
- Trauma-focused work
About Mary
Mary Blair is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in South Dakota with 18 years of clinical experience. She has worked as a psychotherapist, consultant, and hospice and hospital chaplain. Mary sees people for grief, life transitions, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and parenting concerns among other issues.
Mary draws on several therapy approaches in her work. She integrates client-centered methods with psychodynamic ideas and somatic techniques. She also uses internal family systems influences and trauma-focused tools when they fit a person's needs.
In sessions she pays attention to thoughts, bodily experience, and the role of relationships. She invites clients to take an active role in deciding what to focus on. That means sessions can shift between talking, noticing body sensations, and looking at patterns that repeat in relationships.
Mary describes attention to mind, body, and spirit in the way a client defines those words. She uses that broader view to help people make sense of guilt, shame, loss, or major life changes. She also supports people dealing with stress, compassion fatigue, chronic illness, and aging concerns.
Her background in hospice and hospital settings informs work around end-of-life, grief, and medical challenges. Mary aims to help people sort through feelings, identify recurring patterns, and find manageable ways to cope. To begin, she asks what matters most to the client and shapes sessions around those goals.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on your priorities and perspective. The therapist listens, reflects what matters to you, and helps you steer sessions toward the goals you name. This approach is useful for relationship concerns, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.Mindfulness Therapy offers simple practices to notice thoughts and body sensations without getting swept away. It can help with anxiety, stress, and managing strong emotions. Psychodynamic Therapy looks at patterns that repeat across relationships and over time, helping uncover how past experiences shape current responses.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options with you and adjust methods based on your needs, goals, and preferences rather than using a single fixed technique.
Confirm the available session formats before booking since the biography does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and reduce travel time. Talk and mindfulness work, as well as somatic awareness exercises, can be adapted to remote sessions, and the therapist will explain what tends to work best in practice.
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Experience
18+ years
Listed in
South Dakota
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with relationship issues, grief and loss, self-esteem, stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and related topics including guilt and shame.
How does she approach therapy?
Her style integrates client-centered work with psychodynamic and somatic approaches and uses trauma-focused tools when helpful.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 18 years of experience as a psychotherapist and has also worked as a hospice and hospital chaplain.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) registered in South Dakota and practices there.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking as session formats are not specified in the biography.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.