About Mary
Mary Sudduth is a licensed clinical social worker with 16 years in practice who helps people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, ADHD, and life changes. She focuses on practical steps that make daily life easier and more manageable. Mary listens first and helps shape a plan that fits each person's routines and goals.
Mary trained in social work and holds a Master of Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has worked across healthcare, mental health, substance use, and nonprofit settings.
Background and approach
Her background includes work with hospice and oncology, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and aging concerns. In sessions she draws on client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral ideas to address unhelpful thoughts and build coping skills. She also uses psychodynamic perspectives to look at patterns that repeat over time.
Mary adapts her approach based on what a person needs in the moment and what they want to change. Practical tools often appear in her work. She helps people learn relaxation and problem-solving techniques, uses worksheets and resources, and sets small, achievable steps.
Sessions aim to reduce overwhelm and improve daily functioning. People come to her for a wide range of concerns beyond mood symptoms, including caregiving strain, relationship and family patterns, career stress, addiction issues, impulsivity, and end-of-life topics. Her style is down-to-earth and focused on what will help now.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Mary uses client-centered therapy to focus on each person's goals and immediate concerns, listening carefully and shaping sessions around what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and build concrete skills for coping with anxiety, mood problems, ADHD challenges, and stress.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Mary will work with the client to try methods that fit their needs and adjust based on what helps. Together they set goals, review progress, and change tactics when something is not working.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexible ways to connect. Video is useful for in-depth work and visual cues, phone calls can fit into a short break or when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat allow brief check-ins or homework support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule while keeping the focus on practical tools and progress.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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