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Michigan

Mary Povolo, LMSW

Licensed Master Social Worker

Online Therapy
License #680107954929 years of experienceAges 10+

Welcome! I am excited to work together with you to reach your goals. Finding a way to prioritize what’s most important is our first task. Feeling the joy of knowing what’s most important, knowing when to ask for help, becoming a rock star at self-care, and having communication tools are all skills my client now possesses. Getting out of bed is so much easier!

My clinical personality is attentive, empathic and a little zany. I take my clients very seriously and at the same time, I also know when to interject a little bit of humor. 

I work well with adults who may be experiencing any or a mixture of the following:

-Anxiety

-Relationship issues

-Depression

-Parenting issues, including parenting a child with a disability

-Trauma responses

-War experiences

-Substance use disorders

-Co-dependency

-Experiencing bi-polar disorder and caring for someone with mental illness

-Abandonment issues

-Parenting issues

I have a lot of experience working with children who exhibit behavioral issues and cope with autism spectrum disorder. I do believe that meeting children's needs is best done in a face to face setting, rather than an online platform. I would be happy to work with parents and children together online.

My clients feel more zest for life after our sessions and know they are heard, valued and in charge of their healing. I am honored to be part of their lives!

I work with

Family (Adults)CouplesIndividualsChildrenTeens

Accepted insurances

  • 6 Degrees
  • 90 Degree Benefits
  • Aegis LLC
  • Aetna/ First Health
  • Aetna
  • Aetna Affordable Health Choices/ Aetna Voluntary
  • Aetna EAP
  • Allstate Benefits (through Allied Benefit Systems)
  • American Continental (Aetna Senior Supplemental)
  • Assured Benefit Administrators
  • Boon-Chapman Administrators/ Wellnet Healthcare
  • Christian Brothers Services

I specialize in

  • Relationship/Family Stress
  • Person-Centered
  • Brief Psychotherapy
  • Deaf/Hard of Hearing
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • Military/Veteran Allied
  • Adlerian
  • Attachment-based
  • Behavior Therapy/Behavior Modification
  • Compassion Focused
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Adoption

Treatment approaches

  • Person-Centered
  • Brief Psychotherapy
  • Adlerian
  • Attachment-based
  • Behavior Therapy/Behavior Modification
  • Compassion Focused
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Applied Behavioral Analysis
  • Culturally Sensitive
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Family Systems
  • Humanistic
  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
  • Solution Focused Therapy

Communities I work with

  • Deaf/Hard of Hearing
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • Military/Veteran Allied
  • Body Positivity

Please note

Female Patients Only

Education

Masters Degree in School Social Work with School Social Work certification

Grand Valley State UniversityGraduated 1997