Mary Cowen , LCSW

Mary Cowen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 26 years of experience practicing in Texas, Oklahoma, and now North Carolina. She brings wide-ranging clinical experience across settings, including community mental health, in-home health care, schools, in-patient mental health facilities, hospitals, and hospice, providing counseling for individuals, couples, families, and groups.

Throughout her career she has worked with people facing depression, anxiety, physical and emotional abuse, addiction, relationship difficulties, cancer, eating disorders, crisis situations, grief, and end-of-life concerns. Her work also encompasses stress, bipolar disorder, ADHD, parenting and blended-family challenges, caregiver strain, chronic illness and pain, body-image and eating-related issues, and compassion fatigue among professionals and caregivers.

Mary’s therapeutic style is warm, interactive, and grounded in respect, sensitivity, and compassion. She tailors care to each person’s needs, drawing from client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral strategies, mindfulness practices, dialectical behavior techniques, and relationship-focused approaches when appropriate. She also integrates motivational interviewing, narrative ideas, and solution-focused techniques to help clients set goals and find practical steps forward.

Mary views change as a collaborative process and supports clients who are ready to take steps toward greater well-being, resilience, and more satisfying relationships. As an LCSW she combines clinical training with real-world experience to help people navigate life transitions and complex emotional challenges.