Mary Vietmeier, LPCC
Person-centered counselor with healthcare background
Details
| Name | Mary Vietmeier |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPCC |
| Based in | Ohio |
| Licensed in | Ohio |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 21 |
About Mary
Mary Vietmeier is an Ohio licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) with 21 years of experience. She focuses on helping individuals who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship struggles, or life changes. Mary writes plainly and listens carefully so people can find clearer choices and a bit more hope.
Mary trained first as a nurse and later completed graduate work in counseling. She draws on long experience in healthcare and counseling to understand both physical and emotional struggles.
Background and approach
Her background also includes a Master of Divinity and a chaplaincy internship, which inform how she approaches spiritual questions when they arise. In sessions she takes a person-centered, narrative-influenced approach. That means she pays attention to the stories people tell about themselves and looks for ways to reframe those stories so they serve rather than limit.
She also uses attachment-based ideas and practical tools from cognitive and dialectical therapies when those fit a client's needs. Mary usually works with individuals and prefers video sessions because so much communication is nonverbal. She can also meet by phone, live chat, or text messaging.
She helps people facing chronic illness, caregiver stress, career strain, intimacy or commitment worries, and compassion fatigue among other concerns. Her aim is to help clients gain clarity, understand themselves better, and make choices that feel right. Mary values acceptance, resilience, and practical steps that people can use between sessions.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Self esteem among the things Mary works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Mary among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Mary among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Mary among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Mary among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Mary among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Mary among the ways she works.
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): Listed by Mary among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Mary among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Mary among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Mary among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Mary among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Mary among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Mary among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Mary directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Mary directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Mary uses narrative ideas to help people look at the stories they tell about their lives and consider new, more helpful ways to see themselves. This approach can be useful when someone feels stuck in a long-standing pattern or identity that limits choices. Attachment-based therapy is another strand she uses to understand how early relationships shape current feelings and relationship patterns; it can help with trust, intimacy concerns, and communication struggles. She also practices client-centered work, which focuses on listening closely and responding to what matters most to each person so they feel heard and understood.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Mary collaborates with clients to decide which methods feel most useful based on goals, values, and the specific issues brought to sessions. She treats therapy as a shared process and adjusts strategies as progress is made.
Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging - make scheduling easier for people balancing health, work, or caregiving responsibilities. Video lets much of nonverbal communication come through, phone calls are helpful when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins, and chat or text can be useful for brief support or between-session contact. These options aim to increase flexibility and make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
Common questions about this listing
What issues does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, coping with life changes, trauma and abuse, career and caregiving stress, chronic illness, and related topics.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is person-centered and narrative-influenced, with use of attachment ideas and practical tools from cognitive behavioral and dialectical approaches when helpful.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 21 years of clinical experience and a background that includes nursing, counseling, and a Master of Divinity.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is an Ohio LPCC and practices from Ohio.
In which languages can I work with her?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are costs handled?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
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