Mary Bulla , LMHC

Mary Bulla is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing from Florida who combines professional training with personal experience to support people facing life transitions, loss, illness, and mood concerns. With three years of clinical experience, she brings a compassionate, flexible style that adapts to each person’s needs and preferences.

Her background includes work as a grief and bereavement specialist in a hospice setting, clinical work with children ages 3 to 18 at a community health organization, therapy with teens and adults in private practice, and facilitation of support groups. Prior to becoming a therapist she balanced various part-time roles while raising four children, and after a breast cancer diagnosis she developed a particular commitment to supporting clients coping with chronic and terminal illness.

Mary uses an eclectic, client-centered approach and partners with clients to pursue their goals. Her toolbox includes person-centered techniques, solution-focused strategies, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), psychoeducation, cognitive behavioral therapy, and art and play therapy when appropriate. She emphasizes an open, nonjudgmental space and values client feedback as part of the therapeutic process.

Mary is experienced addressing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family concerns, parenting and blended family issues, chronic illness and caregiver stress, intimacy-related matters, and many other life challenges. She welcomes honest conversation about fit and supports clients in identifying the next steps that feel right for them.