Dr. Mary Del Vecchio
LPC
Collaborative, practical therapy for trauma and life change
- Trauma-informed care
- Client-centered approach
- Skill building focus
About Mary
Mary Del Vecchio is a Licensed Professional Counselor, with licensure in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and she brings about 30 years in the counseling field. She also completed a master’s degree in theology and holds a pastoral ministry certificate, which informs her offer of Christian counseling when requested. Her background includes work with chronic illness, workplace concerns, emotional abuse, and grief.
Her style is interactive and client-centered. Sessions focus on identifying goals, building coping skills, and creating step-by-step plans. She blends mind-body-spirit perspectives with solution-focused strategies to address everyday problems and longer-term concerns.
Therapeutic methods Mary uses include Trauma-Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), mindfulness approaches, and client-centered work. These are used to help people manage symptoms, improve relationships, and cope with change.
She emphasizes practical tools that people can apply between sessions, such as grounding practices and behavioral experiments. The overall aim is to empower people to move forward with more confidence and clearer choices.
Mary welcomes conversations about career stress, parenting strains, intimacy-related worries, addiction concerns, ADHD, and caregiver burnout. She encourages prospective clients to ask about how her mix of approaches might fit their needs.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Trauma-Focused Therapy aims to help people process the effects of traumatic experiences through focused work on memories, triggers, and coping strategies. It often includes steps to reduce the intensity of painful memories and to build skills for responding to stress.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It uses practical exercises and experiments to change unhelpful patterns and to test new ways of responding to problems like anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbances.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, uses guided attention to reduce the emotional charge of difficult memories and to help people form calmer, more adaptive responses to triggers.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods suit their goals, needs, and preferences. That plan can change over time as progress is made and new priorities emerge.
Please confirm current session options before booking, because formats are not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT, trauma-focused work, and mindfulness practices to remote sessions so the work focuses on practical tools and skills that people can use between meetings.
These summaries are based on the profile information listed on BetterHelp. Listing trauma-focused therapy does not mean a therapist holds a specific certification such as TF-CBT, EMDR or CPT.
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Experience
30+ years
Credentials
Minnesota, Wisconsin
Languages
English
Licenses listed
- LPC, Minnesota915
- LPC, Wisconsin3846-125
- NPI1356498901
As listed on the therapist's profile. You can check a license with the state licensing board and an NPI in the national registry.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and family concerns, addiction, career and workplace stress, ADHD, and caregiver strain.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is caring and interactive with a client-centered, solution-focused orientation. Sessions emphasize practical skills and collaborative goal setting.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has about 30 years of experience in the counseling field, working in clinical and pastoral contexts.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with licensure in Minnesota and Wisconsin and is based in Minnesota.
Which languages are offered and are international clients supported?
Sessions are offered in English, and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking to ensure they fit your needs.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
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