About Mary
Mary Pollock is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 42 years in human services. She has spent much of her career helping people affected by addiction and mood disorders. Her work also covers adjustment after life changes and conflict that shows up in relationships.
She describes her style as person-centered. That means sessions begin with the client's view of what matters most. Mary listens for what feels urgent and what strengths a person already has.
Background and approach
Together the client and she set clear, practical goals. Her background includes inpatient and outpatient drug and alcohol treatment. She has also provided inpatient, partial, and outpatient mental health care.
In addition, she has experience training and developing new counselors. People come to Mary for a wide range of concerns. These include grief, anxiety, depression, ADHD, caregiving strain, chronic illness, codependency, and issues tied to family of origin.
She works with individuals across many life stages and difficulties. In sessions she draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioral techniques and motivational interviewing while keeping the client's perspective central. Therapy sessions focus on doable steps, clearer communication, and coping skills that fit daily life.
Her aim is to help each person find practical answers that feel right for them.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's own view of their needs. The therapist listens carefully and helps the client set goals that make sense to them, which is useful for relationship strain, grief, and life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect feelings. It teaches practical skills for anxiety, depression, and managing mood symptoms by breaking problems into small, solvable steps.
Mary will work collaboratively to find the right mix of approaches for each person. She asks about a client's goals, daily routine, and what has or hasn't helped before, then adjusts the plan as needed so it fits the person's life and preferences.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets you meet face-to-face when you want it. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when you need a short check-in. Chat and text messaging offer brief, flexible ways to touch base between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or treatment schedules while keeping progress focused on practical steps.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 42 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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