About Mary
Mary Walston is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina. She brings 11 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, and parenting concerns. Her style is warm and interactive and she focuses on building a respectful, compassionate space for change.
Mary blends practical strategies with attention to emotions and connection. She uses cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thoughts and actions, attachment-based thinking to understand relational patterns, and client-centered listening to follow what matters most to each person.
How Mary works
Mindfulness practices and emotionally focused techniques are added when they fit the situation. In sessions she works to uncover repeated cycles and the root issues that feed them. That can include family of origin problems, blended family stresses, commitment and communication struggles, or the fallout from trauma and abuse.
She also addresses anger, self-esteem, impulsivity, and intimacy-related concerns. Mary often supports people dealing with career strain, caregiving stress, compassion fatigue, and life transitions like divorce or separation. She helps people process grief and forgiveness, and works with issues such as abandonment, infidelity, and fatherhood questions when these come up.
Therapy is collaborative and tailored. Mary helps clients set clear goals, try concrete tools, and adjust the plan based on what is helpful. The aim is to reduce distress and increase practical coping and connection in everyday life.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Attachment-based work looks at how early bonds shape current relationships. It helps people recognize repeating patterns in how they connect, respond, and ask for support, which is useful for couples, intimacy issues, and family of origin concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It provides concrete tools to test unhelpful thoughts, try new behaviors, and reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and change emotion-driven patterns in relationships. It supports clearer communication about needs and can help with commitment, infidelity, or intimacy-related struggles.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. Plans are adjusted as progress is made, and techniques are blended when that better serves the client's needs.
Online therapy offers a range of session styles to suit different days. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper conversations, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to share thoughts between sessions and to use brief, timely support when useful. These options make starting and continuing therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy lives.
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