About Mary
Mary Baran is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina. She has about 10 years of clinical experience helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, and struggles with self-esteem. Mary also supports people who identify as LGBT and those coping with trauma, grief, or major life changes.
Mary favors a warm and inviting style that centers the person in the room. She aims to listen first, then work with each person to set practical goals.
How Mary works
Sessions are intended to feel respectful and sensitive to each person's background and needs. Her practice integrates client-centered work with targeted trauma interventions. That means much of therapy begins with building trust and understanding each person's experience.
When trauma is part of the story, she can use approaches that address the memories and symptoms that keep people stuck. Mary has spent a decade in clinical practice across settings in North Carolina. That experience includes supporting people through post-traumatic stress, seasonal mood changes, social anxiety, and self-harm concerns.
She also focuses on issues common in young adulthood, such as identity, self-love, and finding direction. Therapy with Mary is collaborative and paced to the individual. She invites people to take the first step and works alongside them to find what helps.
The aim is practical progress - small changes that add up to better day-to-day functioning.
Mary lists 2 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
Training and background
| Register | LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How client-centered and trauma work translates online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person rather than on labels. It involves active listening, reflection, and working at the client's pace to set meaningful goals. This approach helps with anxiety, low self-esteem, life transitions, and feeling more grounded in daily life.Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is a structured method for addressing traumatic memories and the upsetting feelings that come with them. In practice it uses focused attention and guided techniques to help reduce the intensity of traumatic responses and improve coping over time.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and symptoms and then suggest options. Together they adjust the plan as progress is made and as needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video can be used for in-depth discussion and EMDR-style work when appropriate. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins or when someone prefers written communication. These formats help people fit therapy into busy lives and access licensed professionals from different locations.
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 kinds of concerns does Mary address?
What is her therapy style like?
How much clinical experience does she have?
What are her credentials and where is she based?
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
In what formats are sessions available?
How does cost and scheduling work?
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