About Mary
Mary Banks is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who helps adults facing anxiety, stress, addictions, relationship challenges, and low self-esteem. She writes short, clear goals with each person and focuses on small steps that add up to change. Her tone is direct and empathetic while keeping the work practical and doable.
Mary draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage mood changes and strong emotions. She often helps clients build coping skills for life transitions and to address patterns like attachment concerns, control issues, and codependency.
How Mary works
Sessions are a place to name problems and try new ways of responding. Her background includes four years of clinical experience in Oklahoma and Texas as an LPC. That experience includes work with addiction, disruptive mood issues, and challenges connected to aging and caregiving.
She also supports people dealing with autism spectrum concerns and the specific stresses that can bring. In therapy Mary focuses on concrete tools alongside personal reflection. She helps people with communication problems, forgiveness, guilt, and rebuilding self-worth after a separation or loss.
When impulsivity or substance use are part of the picture, she helps clients make safer choices and plan next steps. Sessions aim to be collaborative and paced to each person's needs. Mary helps clients track progress and adjust strategies over time.
The work centers on helping people feel more in control, more understood, and better able to face everyday demands.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Oklahoma |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Mary uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, teachable skills and real-life practice. One common approach she uses breaks problems into manageable parts and teaches practical coping skills for anxiety and stress. This helps people notice triggers and try small behavioral changes to reduce overwhelm.Another approach emphasizes understanding attachment and relationship patterns. It helps people spot repeating behaviors, learn healthier communication, and make different choices in close relationships. This work is useful for those dealing with abandonment concerns, codependency, or communication problems.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Mary will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they adjust techniques over time so the plan matches the person's needs and pace.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for this work. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and emotional coaching. Phone sessions can be a shorter check-in or fit into a busy schedule. Live chat and text-based messaging let clients share updates, try brief tools between sessions, or check in after trying a new strategy. These options make it easier to keep momentum and adapt therapy to daily life.
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