About Mary
Mary Barber Bussiere (she/hers), MSW, LICSW, PMH-C seeks to create a space for clients to feel comfortable and welcome. She has a conversational yet direct style. Mary has an eclectic approach and utilizes various modalities to meet clients needs. She listens to your individual story and supports your therapy journey.
Mary works with women and young adults navigating life transitions and the emotions and experiences that follow. Mary specializes in maternal mental health, high achieving women, grief and loss, and young adult mental health.
Mary supports women through fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, and the various stages of motherhood — including birth trauma, NICU experiences, adjustment to motherhood, and career navigation. She has particular experience working with high-achieving women and healthcare workers, who often carry the added weight of demanding careers, high personal expectations, and caregiving roles all at once, and who may struggle to find space to acknowledge their own needs amid it all.
Mary also has unique and extensive experience supporting parents through medical termination, infant loss, pediatric medical complexity, end of life, and death — as well as individuals grieving the death of a parent, sibling, or other loved one.
Throughout her career, Mary has supported parents in unique, complex situations. She understands the everyday obstacles for modern mothers as well as the unexpected challenges. Mary understands the complexities of these specific life experiences, motherhood and grief, as she has lived experience with each in their own unique ways.
I am a gender-affirming and LGBTQIA+ allied therapist that welcomes and celebrates people of all races, ethnicities, religions, ages, diagnoses, tribal affiliations, immigration status, and more.
Education & Credentials
- Boston University, Bachelor of Nutritional Science
- Simmons University, Masters of Social Work (MSW) with a certificate of healthcare
- Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW)
- Perinatal Mental Health Clinician (PMH-C) Postpartum Support International
- Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care (HMS CPC) Interprofessional Faculty
- Palliative Care Education and Practice (PCEP) at Harvard Medical, attendee
- Practical Aspects of Palliative Care (PCAP) at Harvard Medical School, keynote speaker
- Trained in The Dougy Center Model, grief education
- Grief and Bereavement Specialist Professional Certificate, UVM
Hello, fear. Thank you for being here. You’re my indication that I’m doing what I need to do.
Cheryl Strayed
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