Key details
- CredentialsLISW
- LicenseLISW, Ohio / I.0600020-SUPV
- NPI1912111576
- Experience40 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationOhio
About
- CBT methods
- EMDR processing
- Mindfulness skills
About Mary
Mary (Peggy) Keating is an Ohio-licensed independent social worker, LISW, with 40 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, mood shifts, relationship strain, grief, trauma, and issues tied to identity and sexuality. She also works with concerns like addiction, sleep and eating problems, anger, and caregiving stress.
Keating uses a straightforward style. She listens and offers clear feedback when needed. Sessions are practical and aim to reduce whatever is getting in the way of daily life. She balances supportive conversation with direct challenges to unhelpful patterns.
Her background includes long-term work with trauma, grief, and mood disorders. She uses several treatment methods to match a person's needs rather than relying on a single approach. That can mean skills practice, processing difficult memories, or short goal-focused planning depending on the problem.
People often come for help with relationship difficulties, identity questions, anger, and coping with life changes such as aging or illness. She also addresses addiction, codependency, communication problems, and caregiver stress. Keating names BDSM, kink, and alternative sexual cultures as areas she understands.
Therapy sessions are intended to be clear and usable. Expect concrete strategies, mindfulness practices, and opportunities to look at deeper patterns that keep problems repeating. The aim is better day-to-day functioning rather than complex labels or quick fixes.
How sessions work
Approaches used in online work and what they do
Mary uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and to practice new responses. CBT is useful for anger that shows up as repeated reactions, stress, or workplace frustration. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is used to process distressing memories and reduce their emotional impact. EMDR can help when past trauma fuels present anger or anxiety.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to decide whether CBT, EMDR, mindfulness exercises, or a mix makes the most sense based on goals and preferences. That decision is revisited as progress is made and needs change.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. It also supports using in-the-moment skills between sessions and reviewing mindfulness or homework exercises together.
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Experience
40+ years
Listed in
Ohio
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address related to anger?
She addresses anger alongside related issues such as stress, relationship problems, communication struggles, and coping with life changes.
What is her general therapeutic style?
She combines practical exercises with direct feedback. Sessions mix skills practice, reflection, and clear goal-setting.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 40 years of experience working with mood, trauma, grief, addiction, and identity-related concerns.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an Ohio LISW and practices in Ohio.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions billed and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.