Mary Hargarten, LCSW, LMFT
Licensed in Wisconsin · 25 years in practice
Mary Hargarten is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in Wisconsin.
License and registration
- LCSW, Wisconsin
- 7107-123 · expires February 2027
- LMFT, Wisconsin
- 676-124 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1629174040 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
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About Mary
Mary Hargarten is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in Wisconsin. She brings 25 years of experience offering in-person and online care. Mary focuses on helping people cope with anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, trauma, and life transitions.
Her approach centers on practical tools and personal strengths. She helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and replace them with actions that match their values. She also teaches mindfulness skills to reduce stress and ground people in the present moment.
Background and approach
Mary pays attention to how family history shapes current patterns. She often helps people separate what they were taught from what they want now, so they can make clearer choices. She sees work on boundaries, communication, and roles as a common path to relief.
She describes her style as warm, compassionate, and down-to-earth, with a sense of humor when it fits. Mary frames therapy as a collaboration: the person brings life experience and she offers therapeutic strategies to try. Together they pick what feels most useful.
Sessions can include problem-focused goal work, motivational conversations about change, and exercises to shift daily habits. Mary also supports parents, people facing aging or caregiver stress, and those coping with panic, bipolar mood shifts, or postpartum depression. Her work aims to build skills people can use after sessions end.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Mary lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Mary names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Evidence-informed approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then commit to actions that match their values; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which often eases panic attacks, mood problems, and stress. Mindfulness-based techniques teach simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve day-to-day coping.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist and client collaborate to pick methods that match goals, needs, and what feels manageable. That means trying out strategies and adjusting them together until something fits.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversations and exercises that need visual cues. Phone sessions can work better when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people send updates or use brief techniques between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep progress moving even when schedules change.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Mary address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, grief, trauma, parenting concerns, and many life changes. Additional focus areas include caregiver stress, aging issues, mood disorders, and postpartum depression.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Mary describes a warm, compassionate, and nonjudgmental style with a practical focus. She uses humor when it fits and emphasizes collaboration on strategies that feel useful.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 25 years of experience providing therapy both in person and online. That work has included individual, couples, and family-focused sessions across a wide range of concerns.
What credentials and location apply?
Mary holds LCSW and LMFT credentials and practices in Wisconsin. The profile lists Wisconsin LCSW and Wisconsin LMFT as her license details.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she use?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options let people choose the format that best fits their schedule and communication needs.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangement. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
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