Mary Brahm, LCPC

Illinois · 35 years in practice

Mary Brahm is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with 35 years of clinical experience.

License and registration

LCPC, Illinois: 180006589 · expires March 2027
NPI: 1942235395 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 35
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Mary

Mary Brahm is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with 35 years of clinical experience. She takes an approach grounded in Existential therapy and practical strategies to help people find meaning and manage everyday challenges. She helps with addictions, depression, bipolar disorder, grief, trauma, and relationship problems.

Mary also works with concerns such as self-esteem, intimacy issues, parenting stress, career transitions, and compassion fatigue. Her background includes long work with military-connected clients and first responder issues, so she is familiar with trauma related to service.

Background and approach

In sessions she mixes direct conversation with skill-building exercises. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools to change unhelpful patterns. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is among the methods she may use when trauma memories are a focus.

Mary aims to build trust quickly and to tailor each session to what the person needs right now. She draws on decades of experience in community mental health, substance use treatment, and hospital settings to create straightforward, practical plans. Her work often centers on identifying triggers, improving communication, and setting achievable goals.

People leave sessions with specific steps to try between meetings, whether that means practicing new coping skills, shifting a thought pattern, or making a plan for recovery.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Mary lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Addictions
Self esteem
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Coping with life changes
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Parenting issues
Career difficulties
Compassion fatigue
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Communication problems
Drug and alcohol addiction
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Multicultural concerns
Prejudice and discrimination
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Sex addiction
Sexual assault and abuse
Young adult issues

Approaches Mary names

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Online support

Approaches for meaning, change, and trauma through online care

Existential therapy focuses on questions of meaning, choice, and responsibility. It helps people clarify what matters to them and respond to life changes with more intention. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches skills to make room for difficult thoughts and to take action aligned with personal values. That approach often helps with anxiety, depression, and issues tied to motivation. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes an open, nonjudgmental relationship where the therapist reflects and listens so people can work through problems at their own pace.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and current struggles and then collaborate to try approaches that fit. That process can include combining methods or adjusting techniques as needs evolve.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations. Phone meetings can be a good choice when bandwidth or comfort with video is an issue. Live chat and messaging support shorter check-ins, ongoing reflection between sessions, and convenient ways to keep momentum during busy weeks.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does she address?

She works with addictions, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, career changes, compassion fatigue, and related concerns such as codependency and communication problems.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her style blends an Existential outlook with practical methods like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify values and change unhelpful behaviors.

What background and experience does she bring?

She has 35 years of clinical experience, including work in behavioral health, substance use treatment, community mental health, and roles supporting veterans and first responders.

Which credentials and location apply to her practice?

She holds an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor credential (LCPC) and practices from Illinois.

Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different scheduling needs and communication preferences.

How does pricing and payment work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What are the steps to begin working together?

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