About Mary
Dr. Mary Del Vecchio helps people who are overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, or life transitions. She is comfortable addressing mood concerns, addictions, sleep problems, and difficulties with intimacy or self-esteem.
Her style is direct and caring, with an emphasis on practical steps people can use between sessions. Mary Del Vecchio is a Licensed Professional Counselor with thirty years in the counseling field. She holds a Master of Arts in Theology and a Pastoral Ministry Certificate, and she also holds licensure in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Background and approach
Her work draws on a mind-body-spirit perspective that includes somatic awareness and mindfulness techniques. Sessions are collaborative and client-centered. She uses approaches such as somatic practices, cognitive behavioral strategies, EMDR, and mindfulness to help people process trauma, manage anxiety, and change unhelpful patterns.
The focus is on listening carefully, identifying clear goals, and trying practical tools together. Her background includes experience with chronic illness, caregiver stress, workplace issues, blended family challenges, and grief. She also brings familiarity with concerns like abandonment, codependency, communication problems, and burnout among helping professionals.
Clients can expect respectful, straightforward conversations and skills they can apply in daily life. Mary offers several online formats, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. She aims to match the approach to each person's needs and to help people move forward at their own pace.
How somatic and practical approaches work online
Somatic work focuses on bodily awareness - noticing breath, tension, and posture - and using those sensations to reduce stress and reconnect with emotions. It can help with anxiety, trauma symptoms, chronic pain, and stress-related problems in daily life.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers simple exercises and experiments to change unhelpful thinking and build new habits for mood and sleep. EMDR is used to help process distressing memories through guided attention and steps agreed on in session; it is often used for trauma and abuse recovery.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. Sessions may combine somatic practices, CBT tools, mindfulness exercises, or EMDR elements as appropriate.
Online therapy here includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. These formats make it easier to attend from home, fit therapy into a busy schedule, and pick the communication style that feels safest. The range of options also supports continuity of care when life or health circumstances change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota, Wisconsin
- Languages
- English