Dr. Mary ‘Mosby’ Hardin

Dr. Hardin specializes in treating anxiety, helping children, teens and adults manage and overcome their fears and worries. Using evidence-based techniques like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), she empowers clients to understand their anxiety triggers and develop practical coping strategies. Her approach fosters resilience and confidence, guiding her clients toward a more balanced and less stressful life.

With a focus on alleviating symptoms of depression, Dr. Hardin provides compassionate support and effective treatment for individuals facing persistent sadness or loss of interest. She employs evidence-based methods such as CBT to help clients reframe negative thought patterns and build a more positive outlook. Her goal is to help each individual rediscover joy and regain their sense of self.

Dr. Hardin offers specialized support for children, teens and adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), providing strategies to enhance focus, organization, and impulse control. Through personalized therapy plans, she helps clients develop practical skills and coping mechanisms to manage their symptoms effectively, while also collaborating with families to create a supportive environment.

Understanding the complexities of child and adolescent behavior, Dr. Hardin works with families to address a range of behavioral concerns, from social difficulties to disruptive actions. She utilizes both Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to help clients build better behavioral habits, improve communication, and develop healthier ways of interacting with others.

Dr. Hardin is experienced in working with people experiencing personality disorders or traits, offering tailored interventions to support emotional and psychological well-being. Her approach integrates therapeutic techniques that focus on building self-awareness, improving interpersonal relationships, and managing intense emotions. She is dedicated to helping her clients develop a stable sense of identity and cultivate healthier patterns of behavior.

Dr. Hardin also has specialized training in the assessment and treatment of eating disorders in children, adolescents, and adults. Recognizing the complex emotional, social, and developmental factors involved, she takes a compassionate, family-centered approach to care. Drawing from evidence-based models such as Family-Based Treatment (FBT), Radically Open Dialectictical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Dr. Hardin works closely with clients and their loved ones to promote healthy behaviors, challenge harmful thought patterns, and restore a positive relationship with food and body image.

Dr. Hardin has extensive experience in utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Her training in CBT has equipped her with a thorough understanding of how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are interconnected and how to address maladaptive patterns effectively. Dr. Hardin employs CBT techniques to help children and adolescents identify and challenge negative thought patterns, develop healthier coping strategies, and make meaningful changes in their behavior. Her skillful application of CBT principles allows her to create personalized treatment plans that empower her young clients to overcome challenges and achieve their therapeutic goals with greater confidence and clarity.

Dr. Hardin is trained to utilize RODBT skills to help patients with disorders of overcontrol, including chronic depression, anorexia nervosa and other eating disorders characterized by rigidity, obsessive-compulsive traits, autism spectrum presentations, and clinically significant perfectionism. Dr. Hardin utilizes mindfulness, behavioral practice, and an emphasis on “radical openness,” to help clients learn to shift from overcontrolled coping patterns toward greater emotional expression, receptivity, and willingness to engage in new and rewarding interpersonal experiences, supporting improved mood, reduced rigidity, and greater overall well-being.

Dr. Hardin has extensive experience using Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) as an evidence-supported treatment for anxiety disorders such as OCD, ARFID, and emetophobia. She helps the people she works with to gradually face feared thoughts, situations, sensations, or triggers while reducing avoidance and safety behaviors that keep anxiety going. Dr. Hardin creates a space where people can build tolerance for uncertainty and discomfort, increase confidence, and weaken the connection between triggers and anxiety-driven responses.

Dr. Hardin utilizes Family-Based Treatment (FBT) as an evidence-supported approach for children, adolescents and young adults with eating disorders that actively involves caregivers as a central part of recovery. Dr. Hardin helps parents and caregivers to feel empowered to take a temporary, structured leadership role in restoring nutrition, interrupting eating disorder behaviors, and creating a consistent environment that supports healing. FBT emphasizes collaboration, compassion, and practical problem-solving, helping families unite against the eating disorder while supporting long-term recovery.

Dr. Hardin has received extensive training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), equipping her with advanced skills to help clients navigate complex emotional landscapes. Her training in DBT has provided her with a deep understanding of its core principles, including mindfulness, emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. Dr. Hardi applies these principles to support children and adolescents in managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and building resilience. Her expertise in DBT allows her to offer a structured, evidence-based approach that addresses both the symptoms and underlying issues, making therapy a transformative and empowering experience for her young clients.

Dr. Hardin has significant experience in teaching social skills, a critical component of her therapeutic work with children and adolescents. Her approach focuses on helping young clients develop essential interpersonal abilities, such as effective communication, empathy, and conflict resolution. Through tailored social skills training, Dr. Hardin supports clients in enhancing their ability to build and maintain positive relationships, navigate social situations with confidence, and manage peer interactions more successfully. Her methods are designed to be engaging and practical, providing her clients with actionable strategies that foster better social connections and overall emotional well-being.

Dr. Hardin is trained in Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE), an evidence-based treatment designed for children and adolescents with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Unlike traditional therapy that focuses primarily on the child, SPACE works by helping parents learn practical strategies to respond to anxiety in ways that build resilience and confidence. Parents are taught how to gradually reduce behaviors that unintentionally reinforce anxiety while increasing supportive responses that encourage their child’s independence and ability to cope with difficult emotions.