Mary Blair is a licensed professional counselor in South Dakota with 18 years of experience.
01About Mary
Mary Blair is a licensed professional counselor in South Dakota with 18 years of experience. She has worked as a psychotherapist and chaplain in hospice and hospital settings, and helps people facing grief, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. She works in a straightforward, person-focused way.
Sessions give space for you to lead while she listens and reflects. Mary pays attention to how emotions, body sensations, and life stories connect to everyday problems.
Background and approach
Her background blends psychodynamic ideas, somatic work, and internal family systems approaches. That mix lets her address painful memories, relationship patterns, and how stress shows up in the body. She uses client-centered methods so people feel heard and respected during the process.
Mary often helps with relationship strain, parenting concerns, intimacy-related issues, and career stress. She also supports people coping with illness, end-of-life matters, and caregiving strain. Trauma, attachment wounds, and complicated grief are within her focus areas as well.
Sessions aim to make difficult moments easier to manage and to build practical ways to respond to stress. Conversations may include noticing bodily sensations, exploring past experiences, and practicing mindful attention. Mary approaches therapy as a collaborative journey toward clearer understanding and better day-to-day coping.
02Credentials
- LPC (South Dakota)
- License LPC20544 · expires November 2026
- NPI
- 1164811022 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Mary lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Mary names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
These are the methods Mary names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Approaches that connect mind and body in online care
Mary often uses client-centered methods that let the person guide sessions while the therapist listens and reflects. This approach helps when someone needs a space to talk through feelings and make practical plans for daily life.She also uses parts-focused work rooted in internal systems thinking to help people understand repeating patterns and internal conflicts. That approach can be useful for relationship struggles, commitment worries, and longstanding self-criticism.
Somatic-informed work pays attention to body sensations and how stress shows up physically. These methods can be helpful after trauma, during grief, or when anxiety shows up as tightness, headaches, or disrupted sleep.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Mary will work with each person to identify what fits their needs, goals, and preferences, and adjust methods over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for full conversations and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when internet bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging work well for brief check-ins, homework, or practicing short skills between sessions. These options aim to make counseling easier to fit into busy lives.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Mary work with?
She helps people with grief, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and career stress, and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is client-centered and collaborative. Sessions combine talk, attention to bodily sensations, and gentle exploration of life patterns.
What kind of professional background does she have?
Mary has 18 years of experience as a psychotherapist and has also served as a hospice and hospital chaplain and consultant.
What credential and location information is available?
She holds an LPC, which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor, and practices in South Dakota.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Therapy is available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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