Mary "Jackie" Downie, LCSW

Mary "Jackie" Downie is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with more than twenty years of experience supporting people through life transitions, loss, and persistent emotional challenges. She draws on a long history of clinical work to help individuals identify strengths they may have overlooked and to bring those strengths back into everyday life.

Her practice often begins by exploring what has worked before - coping skills, attitudes, or behaviors that can be reintroduced to address current struggles. From there she and the person in therapy examine patterns from the past that may be getting in the way, and consider practical, new ways of thinking and acting that can open pathways to change.

Downie has substantial experience helping people manage anxiety and depression, attention challenges, childhood and more recent trauma, and the different phases of grief. She has also worked with parents of children of all ages and with people facing distress at work, finding strategies to reduce workplace stress and improve functioning.

She approaches each person as an individual with unique circumstances, tailoring work to fit personal needs and goals rather than relying on one-size-fits-all solutions. Mary "Jackie" Downie aims to provide steady, strengths-focused support to help people move toward clearer thinking and more effective day-to-day coping.