About Mary
Dr. Mary Moran is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with two decades of experience in mental health and substance use treatment. She practices in Washington and brings a practical, down-to-earth style to sessions.
She speaks English and focuses on clear goals clients can recognize and track. Her background includes a Bachelor of Arts in psychology, a Master of Social Work, and a Ph.D. She has spent many years supervising social workers and mental health counselors.
How Mary works
That supervisory work shaped her focus on skills, safety, and measurable progress. In sessions she combines client-centered work with cognitive-behavioral techniques and mindfulness. She uses these methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and addiction-related struggles.
She also draws on relationship-focused tools such as the Gottman Method to address communication and connection issues. Mary pays attention to both internal experience and external circumstances. That means talking through thoughts and feelings while also looking at how relationships, caregiving roles, or life changes affect daily life.
She works with issues like grief, caregiver strain, adoption and foster care concerns, aging and end-of-life matters, and family of origin patterns. Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. Clients set goals together with her and check progress as they go.
She aims to offer practical strategies people can use between sessions to manage mood, cope with change, and improve communication.
Mary lists 9 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
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Washington |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and guiding at each person's pace. The therapist offers empathy and support while clients set their own goals and decide what change looks like. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice thought patterns that affect mood and behavior and then uses practical exercises to change those patterns and reduce symptoms.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then recommend methods that fit. That plan can be adjusted over time as progress is reviewed together.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a check-in fits a break at work. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when writing out thoughts feels most useful. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to maintain steady contact between visits.
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