Mary Widseth, LPC

Mary Widseth is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) licensed in Minnesota with seven years of clinical experience. She works with adults on relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, anxiety, parenting stress, and other everyday struggles she lists. Mary helps people who are managing life changes, addictions, ADHD, sleep issues, and self-esteem challenges.

She holds a master’s degree in Community Psychology and Rehabilitation Counseling from Saint Cloud State University and a bachelor’s degree in Vocational Rehabilitation from the University of Wisconsin–Stout. Her background includes a certificate in Autism and certification as a CRC (Certified Rehabilitation Counselor). Those qualifications inform how she supports adults with cognitive, communication, or physical barriers.

Earlier work focused on vocational supports for marginalized adults, including on-the-job training, workplace placement, and coordination with employers. She used practical communication tools such as picture books, rebus boards, and sign language when language or ability created barriers. That experience shaped an emphasis on problem solving and real-world skills.

After graduate school she provided in-home services for children aged 7 to 18 and their families for two years, and then worked two years as a mental health therapist in an office setting with adults and children. In those roles she addressed behavioral and emotional regulation, communication, and family relationship concerns.

Her clinical approach draws on several methods including client-centered work, cognitive behavioral strategies, DBT skills, EMDR for trauma, and emotionally-focused techniques. Sessions tend to focus on improving everyday functioning, communication, and coping skills rather than brief labels or tests. To begin, she asks practical questions about current problems and the supports a client already has.

How her approaches translate to online work