About Mary
Mary Mayle is an Ohio-based licensed independent social worker (LISW) with 18 years of experience helping people who feel stuck by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship strain. She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps to make day-to-day life more manageable. Mary aims to create a calm space for honest conversation and planning.
Mary takes a straightforward, down-to-earth approach. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. She listens first, then helps turn what’s learned in a session into small actions people can take between meetings.
How Mary works
Her work draws on client-centered methods that keep each person’s priorities in view. She also uses cognitive behavioral ideas to notice and change unhelpful thinking and emotional patterns. Mindfulness and guided imagery are added when slowing down and sensing the body helps with stress or grief.
Mary has helped people cope with addictions, chronic illness, caregiver strain, career transitions, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses intimacy-related issues, attachment and abandonment concerns, body image, and decision-making around commitment and control problems. People seeking help with bipolar symptoms, trauma and abuse, or complex communication and blended-family stress can expect structured conversations that balance emotional processing with practical planning.
Mary frames therapy as coaching plus deep listening: she helps clarify goals, practices new skills together, and checks progress over time.
Mary lists 8 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LISW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and values. The therapist follows the person’s lead, reflects what is shared, and helps clarify priorities so changes feel meaningful. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches simple tools to shift unhelpful patterns and reduce anxiety or depression.Mary treats finding the right approach as a shared process. She will talk with the client about goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust as needed. That collaborative stance means the plan can change over time as progress is made or new issues arise.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for deeper conversation and seeing nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in works better. Live chat and text messaging are convenient for brief updates, homework check-ins, or when typing feels easier than talking.
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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.
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