Therapist in Riverside, California Mary Wyman, Therapist

Mary Lukens Wyman, LCSW, helps individuals in California navigate life’s challenges with warmth, compassion, and clinical expertise. She provides a safe and collaborative environment for adults and teens to explore their emotions, develop coping skills, and create meaningful change. Mary works with clients experiencing anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and life transitions, offering evidence-based strategies to help them regain balance, improve emotional well-being, and enhance daily functioning. Drawing on more than two decades of experience, Mary takes a holistic approach that integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and mindfulness techniques. She believes in helping clients build insight into their thoughts and behaviors while developing tools to foster resilience and self-acceptance. Her therapeutic style emphasizes understanding, practical skill-building, and empowering clients to take an active role in their healing process. Mary has a particular passion for supporting individuals through grief, midlife transitions, and post-partum challenges. She is dedicated to helping clients navigate the emotional complexity of these experiences, promoting healing, and guiding them toward renewed purpose and stability. Whether clients are facing loss, adjusting to a new phase of life, or managing the emotional demands of parenthood, Mary provides a compassionate, steady presence. In addition to her clinical work, Mary has specialized experience working with members of the LGBTQ+ community, individuals with developmental disabilities, and first responders. She values inclusivity and approaches therapy with sensitivity to each client’s unique life experiences. Outside the therapy room, Mary enjoys ballet, sewing, baking, gardening, biking, and spending time with her dog—all of which nurture her own sense of balance and creativity.