Meet your therapist: Mary Pennisi, AMFT
Mary Pennisi
AMFT
✦ Supervised by
Sally McDaniel
I am a Texas-based LMFT-Associate who is passionate about helping children, adolescents, and families navigate challenges with compassion and curiosity. My background includes working in higher levels of care for eating disorders, supporting foster and adoptive families, and helping individuals heal from trauma, anxiety, and relationship difficulties. I believe therapy should be a safe and collaborative space where clients feel understood, build resilience, and discover their own strengths.
Specialities
- Adjustment
- Anxiety
- Coparenting Conflict
- Couple's Therapy (relating to parenting)
- Depression
- Divorce / Transition
- Grief / Loss
- Identity Development
- Parent-Child Conflict
- PTSD
- Self-Harm
- Social Skills Training
- Substance Use
- Trauma
Approach
As part of Manatee’s care team,
Mary Pennisi is supported by supervision and care coordination. Manatee’s standard of care includes a structured plan, active parent involvement, and regular check-ins throughout care.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Family Systems
- Narrative Therapy
- Positive Parenting Program (Triple P)
Works with
- Tweens (10-12 years old)
- Early teens (13-16 years old)
- Late teens (17+ years old)
- Parents & caregivers
Available in
TX
Credentials
M.A. Clinical Psychology, Antioch University
Language(s)
English