Mary Fiumara, LCSW

Licensed in California · 40 years in practice

Mary Fiumara offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by life changes, anxiety, or low mood.

License and registration

LCSW, California: 24929 · expires May 2026
NPI: 1376965186 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 40
Languages: English

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About Mary

Mary Fiumara offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by life changes, anxiety, or low mood. She is a licensed clinical social worker with four decades of experience and focuses on helping clients rebuild confidence and find steadier footing. Mary listens first.

She helps people sort thoughts that feed worry and self-criticism. Conversations are straightforward and aim to make small, usable changes that add up over time. Her work often centers on depression, anxiety, stress, eating concerns, and self-esteem struggles.

Background and approach

She also addresses body image, relationship and communication problems, guilt and shame, social anxiety, and feelings of isolation. Mary pays close attention to issues many women face and supports people navigating midlife transitions and the challenges of young adulthood. She meets each person where they are and helps set goals that feel realistic and relevant to daily life.

Sessions are collaborative. She helps clients build coping skills, notice thinking patterns, and practice new ways of relating to themselves and others. Over years of practice she has kept a steady focus on practical steps that help people feel more in control.

Mary works from California and conducts sessions in English. She uses conversations, skill-building, and gentle challenge to help clients move toward clearer thinking and healthier habits.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Mary lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Online support

Approaches that meet you where you are online

Mary uses well-established, evidence-based techniques that focus on thought patterns and practical coping. One approach involves helping people identify and challenge unhelpful thinking patterns, which can reduce anxiety and low mood by changing how situations are interpreted. Another approach centers on behavioral strategies - planning small, manageable actions that build confidence and improve daily routines, which can help with stress, depression, and eating concerns.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Mary treats therapy as a collaboration and will help you decide together which techniques suit your needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts tools over time as progress and challenges emerge.

Online sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let you see facial cues and hold a longer conversation, phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers a focused check-in, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep consistent contact as needs change.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does Mary help with?

Mary works with people on stress, anxiety, depression, eating concerns, and low self-esteem, along with body image, communication problems, guilt and shame, and social anxiety.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is practical and collaborative, focusing on clear conversation, noticing thinking patterns, and developing coping strategies that fit day-to-day life.

How much experience does she bring?

She has 40 years of clinical experience as a practicing therapist in California.

What are her credentials and where is she located?

She holds an LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and practices in California.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How does billing and cost work?

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

How do I begin working with Mary?

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