Mary Aubrey, LICSW

Mary Aubrey, LICSW, brings four decades of clinical experience across college mental health, community agencies, crisis intervention, hospital-based services, and private practice. She earned an M.S.W. in 1985 from the Smith College School for Social Work and previously held a master’s degree in Counseling. LICSW stands for Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and indicates her clinical social work license in Massachusetts.

She works with individuals of varied ages and backgrounds, favoring a collaborative approach that centers on understanding each person’s perspective on their current challenges. Mary welcomes discussion of feelings such as stress, anxiety, anger, or confusion, and partners with people to set clear goals and monitor progress so that therapy remains focused and useful.

Her clinical experience includes helping people with anxiety and panic, depression, relationship difficulties, stress management, addictions, eating disorders, work-related conflict, PTSD, family conflict, and bereavement. In her practice she draws on solution-focused methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, family systems concepts, and the stages of change model developed by Prochaska.

Mary’s long career spans direct service in multiple settings and sustained private practice work, reflecting a commitment to practical, goal-oriented help during transitions and crises. In periods of widespread disruption such as the COVID-19 pandemic, she emphasizes the importance of reaching out when routines and supports are significantly altered.