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Mary Beth Garvey, LMSW

Individual& Family therapy • Grosse Pointe, MI

children · adolescents · adults

Making the decision to begin therapy is an important step toward greater satisfaction in your life, relationships, and sense of well-being. I'm glad you're here.

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My Approach

A Competency Based Practice

For more than 30 years, I've worked with children, adolescents, and adults using a competency-based approach — one that begins with the unique strengths each person and family already brings.

I work with clients to gain a sense of mastery over what is challenging, using an approach rooted in the belief that each of us has the capacity to grow.

In our work, I hope to help foster your intellectual and emotional curiosity, a deeper self-awareness and a clearer understanding of what supports or limits your growth.

Individual Therapy

Individual therapy helps us understand ourselves more clearly — how we show up in the world, and how to navigate challenges with greater ease. Good therapy invites us to examine the strengths that serve us and the patterns that no longer do.

How We Work Together

Couples Therapy

Couples therapy creates space to work through relationship challenges together, deepening communication, intimacy, and respect. Couples learn to replace negative conflict patterns with more positive interactions and a stronger sense of understanding.

Family Therapy

Family therapy takes a strengths-based view — understanding problems as systemic patterns, not as belonging to any one person. It fosters cohesion, communication, empathy, healthy boundaries, and reduced conflict.

I believe each of us is resilient, has inherent strengths and wisdom, and the ability to choose how we respond to our experiences and the world around us.

Areas of Expertise
Mood & Anxiety

Anxiety Disorders
Mood Disorders
Trauma & PTSD
Anger Management

Developmental

ADHD & Executive Functioning
Developmental Disorders
Identity Development
Self-Esteem

Behavioral Issues

Life & Relationships

Grief & Loss
Lifecycle Transitions

Adjustment Disorders
Relationship Conflict
Parenting Support

Additional

Psychoeducation
Community Outreach
Presentations
 

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