Mary Roldan Balboa

Mary Roldan Balboa is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) with 20 years of experience based in Wisconsin. She works with adults dealing with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, career uncertainty, depression, ADHD, grief, and life purpose concerns. Mary speaks English and Spanish and brings practical strategies to sessions.

Her style emphasizes building on strengths and exploring what matters to the client. She uses straightforward exercises and conversations to identify helpful habits and clearer priorities. Sessions focus on what the person wants to change and small steps they can try between meetings.

Mary combines client-centered listening with evidence-based techniques when helpful. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice and test unhelpful thoughts. Mindfulness practices teach simple ways to calm attention. Motivational Interviewing can be used when someone is unsure about making a change.

She has worked in hospitals, crisis centers, nursing homes, hospice, schools, and private practice. That background gives her experience with both short-term problem solving and longer-term life adjustments. Mary is also a doctoral student in developmental psychology, which informs her interest in life stages and midlife questions.

People often come to her to sort through a career crossroads, rebuild confidence after change, or work through grief. Her approach is conversational and practical, focused on actionable steps and clearer next moves rather than abstract theory.

How her approaches translate to online work

Mary commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in ways that fit remote sessions. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the person can find their own answers; online conversations can support that same thoughtful, person-led process. CBT involves identifying thoughts and testing small behavioral experiments, which translates to online work through homework, thought records, and structured check-ins.

She also uses Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple attention and breathing practices. Those practices are short and easy to try between sessions to reduce stress and re-center attention. Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. Mary will discuss goals and preferences and then suggest a plan, adjusting methods as needs change in collaboration with the client.

Session formats are not specified in her biography, so confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - they can reduce travel time, allow for shorter check-ins around work, or let someone try techniques in their usual routine. The practical aim is to help apply tools to everyday situations and test what works in real life.