Mary Anne Ruane
Compassionate, practical therapy for life’s challenges
LCSW New Jersey
- Experience
- 30 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, LGBT
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Hypnotherapy
- Languages
- English
About Mary
Mary Anne Ruane is a licensed clinical social worker with three decades of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, grief, trauma, and a wide range of life transitions.
Background and approach
She combines practical tools with empathy to support clients tackling relationship and family concerns, intimacy and parenting difficulties, eating and substance-related issues, anger and self-esteem struggles, and specific diagnoses such as bipolar disorder. Her practice also addresses phobias, panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, workplace problems, and process addictions like gambling or problematic internet behaviors.
Ruane uses an individualized approach, blending Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with solution-focused techniques, motivational interviewing, and hypnotherapy when appropriate. She frames treatment around each client’s goals and preferences, adapting methods over time to help remove obstacles and restore a greater sense of balance and fulfillment.
Based in New Jersey, her style emphasizes collaboration, practical coping strategies, and attention to the everyday pressures that undermine wellbeing. Prospective clients can expect a thoughtful, goal-oriented process grounded in extensive clinical experience.
Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Care
Mary Anne Ruane integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and hypnotherapy as part of an online practice that emphasizes practical change. CBT focuses on identifying and reshaping unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, panic, and OCD-related problems; it offers concrete skills useful for everyday stressors and workplace or social anxiety. Hypnotherapy is used as an adjunctive technique to promote relaxation, enhance motivation for change, and address habits or cravings that contribute to addictions and eating-related issues.Choosing the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist will work with clients to assess needs, consider personal goals and preferences, and adapt methods over time so the plan fits each individual. That collaborative exploration helps determine whether CBT, hypnotherapy, motivational interviewing, or a solution-focused emphasis is most helpful for specific concerns.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility and accessibility across schedules. These options allow clients to engage in structured, skill-building work, brief check-ins, or more reflective conversations from locations that are convenient for them, making it easier to maintain continuity of care while balancing daily responsibilities.
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Experience
30+ years
Licensed
New Jersey
Languages
English