Mary Mcfarland-Norris, LICSW

Therapist in Alabama

Mary Mcfarland-Norris is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) based in Alabama with 20 years of practice.

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Licensed inAlabama
License1724C
NPI 1568746238
Experience20+ years
LanguagesEnglish

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About Mary

Mary Mcfarland-Norris is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) based in Alabama with 20 years of practice. She offers telehealth sessions statewide and works with adults ages 18 to 100. Mary’s focus is on helping people manage anxiety, stress, depression, and life transitions.

Her style is calm, empathetic, and personable. She starts by listening and building trust so clients feel comfortable talking about difficult topics. Early sessions focus on understanding current feelings and asking questions that clarify what matters most to the client.

Background and approach

Mary uses practical methods to help people set and reach goals they choose. She often draws on cognitive behavioral techniques and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and create workable changes. Attachment-based ideas also inform her work, helping clients look at how past connections shape current patterns.

She helps people develop skills for everyday challenges like sleep problems, eating concerns, anger, low self-esteem, and coping with career or caregiving stress. Mary also works with grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, and serious mood concerns such as bipolar disorder. Additional areas of focus include first responder issues, hospice and end-of-life counseling, veteran and armed forces concerns, and multicultural matters.

Mary emphasizes collaboration: she and the client set realistic steps, track progress, and adjust plans as needed. Sessions are conducted by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Mary aims to help clients feel steadier and more able to move forward in ways that fit their lives.

Credentials

LICSW (Alabama): License 1724C · expires August 2026
NPI: 1568746238 · national provider identifier

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Focus areas and approaches

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Family conflicts
Grief
Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
First responder issues
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Multicultural concerns

Approaches Mary names

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Online support

Attachment-informed and evidence-based methods for online care

Mary frequently uses Attachment-Based Therapy to help people understand how early relationships shape current feelings and patterns; this approach can be useful for concerns about intimacy, trust, and how people relate to others. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps clients notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and then move toward chosen values and actions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and trying practical behavior changes to reduce anxiety and depression.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Mary collaborates with each person to decide which methods make the most sense based on goals, preferences, and what emerges in early sessions. She will adjust plans over time and check in about what is helping and what needs to change.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video lets people use visual cues for deeper conversations, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text messaging can be used for quick check-ins or when typing feels easier, and all formats support flexible scheduling across the day. These options can make it simpler to keep regular appointments and maintain progress while juggling work, caregiving, or travel.

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Frequently asked

What concerns does Mary commonly address?

She helps people with anxiety, stress, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, anger, self-esteem, career concerns, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes.

What is Mary’s therapy style like?

Her approach is calm, empathetic, and personable. She listens first, builds trust, and works collaboratively on goals that feel manageable to the client.

How long has she been practicing?

Mary has 20 years of clinical experience working with adults on a wide range of concerns and transitions.

Where is Mary licensed and based?

She is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) practicing in Alabama and offers telehealth services statewide.

Which languages are available for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are offered?

Therapy is available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How does billing and cost work?

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

How do I begin working with Mary?

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