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Mary Walston

Calm, practical therapy for real-life challenges

LCMHC North Carolina

Experience
11 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
Languages
English
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About Mary

Mary Walston is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) who emphasizes practical, evidence-informed strategies within a collaborative therapeutic relationship.

Background and approach

With 11 years of experience, she blends cognitive behavioral techniques with attachment-informed insights and client-centered care to help people untangle patterns that contribute to stress, anxiety, relationship friction, grief, depression, and challenges stemming from trauma or abuse.

Her work also spans intimacy-related concerns, parenting and fatherhood issues, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and a wide range of family dynamics including blended families, divorce, and family-of-origin problems. Her manner is described as warm, accepting, and interactive, focusing on respect, sensitivity, and compassion while helping clients identify root causes and recurring cycles.

Sessions are tailored to each person's situation and may draw on motivational interviewing, emotionally-focused ideas, and mindfulness strategies to support coping with life changes, career pressures, anger, commitment or control issues, and difficulties like infidelity or abandonment.

Located in North Carolina, she uses a collaborative approach to empower clients to make meaningful changes and build healthier patterns over time.

How evidence-based approaches translate to online care

Mary integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based approaches alongside client-centered principles to guide online work. CBT focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, stress, and coping during life transitions. Attachment-Based work examines relational patterns and emotional bonds, which is useful for improving intimacy, communication, and family dynamics. Client-centered methods emphasize empathy and collaboration, creating space for clients to lead the pace and focus of sessions while the therapist offers support and reflection.

Mary approaches treatment planning as a collaborative process, exploring which combination of methods best fits the client's goals, needs, and preferences. She and the client discuss options and adjust strategies over time, aiming to find practical approaches that feel helpful and sustainable.

Online therapy with Mary is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and access. These formats allow clients to schedule care around work, family, and location constraints, and to choose the communication style that feels most comfortable for them while working through stress, relationship concerns, grief, and other life challenges.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Mary address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues as well as grief, depression, trauma and abuse. Additional focus areas include parenting, intimacy-related concerns, ADHD, anger, self-esteem, career issues, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic approach and style?
Mary combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with attachment-informed and client-centered perspectives, and integrates motivational interviewing and mindfulness techniques. Her style is warm, accepting, and interactive, with sessions tailored to each client.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 11 years of professional experience working with individuals, couples, and families on a wide range of emotional and relational concerns.
Where is Mary licensed and practicing?
She holds the credential NC LCMHC 10538 and practices in North Carolina as a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor.
In which languages can sessions be conducted?
Sessions are offered in English only, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available for working together?
Clients can meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on availability and preference.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a cancelable subscription model.
What are the steps to begin therapy with Mary?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a brief matching questionnaire, and then scheduling a session according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefDepression

Also works with

Trauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisMulticultural concernsSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

11+ years

Licensed

North Carolina

Languages

English