About Mary
Mary Agnes "Maggie" Thompson uses an approach that combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and narrative work to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and grief. She is a Tennessee-licensed counselor with the LPC-MHSP credential and six years of clinical experience. Maggie writes plainly and meets people where they are, focusing on practical steps and clearer thinking.
She pays close attention to LGBTQ concerns and gender dysphoria, and she supports people coping with trauma, abuse, and loss.
How Mary works
Intimacy-related issues, sleeping problems, self-esteem, and compassion fatigue are also common topics. Maggie adapts sessions to the individual rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan. Her style blends short-term goal work with deeper exploration of personal stories.
Solution-Focused Therapy helps identify immediate changes to try. Narrative Therapy is used to reframe difficult experiences and reduce their hold on daily life. When trauma or attachment wounds come up, she draws on elements of Emotionally-Focused Therapy and psychodynamic ideas to notice patterns that repeat in relationships.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports steps toward values-based living when avoidance and anxiety get in the way. Maggie works with people facing career strain, immigration issues, first responder stress, domestic violence histories, and complex family of origin questions. She also addresses adoption and foster care concerns, communication breakdowns, infidelity, and non-monogamous relationship dynamics.
Sessions are offered in English and take place through a range of online formats.
Mary lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Mary works with
The areas below are the ones Mary selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC-MHSP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Tennessee |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Using ACT, EFT, and Narrative Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings while identifying what matters most to you. Online ACT sessions often include practical exercises and small behavioral experiments to try between meetings, which can help with anxiety, avoidance, and values-based goals.Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on noticing emotional patterns in close relationships and building clearer emotional responses. In remote sessions this can mean talking through relationship moments, practicing new ways of expressing feelings, and tracking how those changes affect interactions over time.
Narrative Therapy helps people separate themselves from their problems by retelling personal stories and finding alternative, more empowering narratives. Digital sessions lend themselves well to reflective work like mapping a story, writing new chapters, and reviewing changes together.
Maggie will work collaboratively to figure out which approach or combination fits best for each person. She discusses goals, preferences, and practical needs, and adjusts the plan as therapy progresses so the work stays relevant and useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different days and needs. Video calls are useful for face-to-face interaction, phone sessions can require less bandwidth, live chat allows shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep momentum between appointments.
Start online instead of waiting
Our partner service asks a few questions about what you are looking for and matches you with a therapist for sessions from home.
Book with MaryWe will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.
Common questions
What concerns does this therapist address?
What is the therapist's general approach in sessions?
How much clinical experience does she have?
Where is the therapist licensed and practicing?
Can people outside the United States work with this therapist?
Which session formats are available?
How is cost handled for sessions?
What are the steps to begin working together?
A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. Entries are not assessed or endorsed by this directory.
Other entries for stress, anxiety
Supportive LCSW helping people build strength and clarity
Practical, trauma-aware therapy for everyday life
Practical, relational therapy for life transitions