About Mary
Mary "Jane" Poulson is a licensed counselor with three decades of experience in behavioral health. She goes by Jane and aims to make the first call or message feel less daunting. Jane focuses on practical help so people can manage stress, mood, and daily challenges more effectively.
She uses straightforward, down-to-earth conversation to help people identify what matters most to them. Sessions often include teaching skills, practicing new ways of coping, and setting small, doable goals.
Background and approach
Jane brings patience and respect to emotional topics like anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma. Her training and long tenure in the field give her a wide base of approaches to draw from. She blends client-centered work with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques when helpful.
Mindfulness and motivational interviewing also show up in sessions to support motivation and attention skills. Jane has worked with adults on challenges such as relationship problems, parenting strain, career stress, chronic pain, addictions, bipolar disorder, and attention difficulties including ADHD. She also supports people facing life transitions, caregiver stress, and body image concerns.
People who prefer a practical, collaborative style may find her approach useful. Jane aims to teach tools that fit into daily life and to help people build routines that reduce overwhelm. The goal is clearer thinking, steadier moods, and better coping with life’s demands.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's goals. It helps people feel heard and shapes sessions around what matters most to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and manage mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, adds skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance that can be useful for strong mood swings and relationship problems.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Jane will work with each person to try methods that match their goals and daily routines. Together they prioritize which skills to practice first and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow fuller conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reminders or brief updates. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, school, caregiving, or other commitments while still focusing on real skill-building and problem solving.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Washington, Oregon
- Languages
- English
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