Mary Katherine Garcia, LPC

Mary Katherine Garcia is an Arizona Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with nine years of clinical experience. She works with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, self-esteem, depression, coping with life changes, family issues, trauma and abuse, grief, and parenting. Her practice also addresses attachment issues, communication problems, control issues, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation, life purpose, mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, and building self-love.

Garcia focuses on practical, hands-on work in sessions. She centers the person's own knowledge about their life and helps them label what’s happening inside. She uses parts-based ideas to help people notice the different aspects of themselves, including strengths and habits that cause pain. Sessions tend to be straightforward and focused on small changes that add up.

Her approach draws on several evidence-informed methods, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy. Garcia mixes these approaches to help people address thinking patterns, strong emotions, and the stories they tell themselves. This lets clients practice new ways of coping and relating in everyday situations.

People meet her to talk through guilt or shame tied to relationships, faith, parenting, or past harms. She helps name feelings, trace where they come from, and try different responses in session. Work often includes learning specific skills, testing new behaviors between sessions, and reflecting on progress.

Her style is collaborative and direct. She encourages small experiments and clear steps to manage distress and improve communication. The emphasis is on readable strategies anyone can try between sessions.

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