About Mary
Dr. Mary Farag works with people who are struggling with relationship and intimacy issues, low self-esteem, and depression. She welcomes clients who feel stuck by family conflict, separation, or a loss of direction.
Her tone is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at people ready to take the first step toward change. Mary is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in New Jersey with 15 years of experience. She focuses on practical conversations that uncover patterns and clarify what matters most to each person.
Background and approach
Sessions are tailored to the concerns brought by the client rather than a one-size-fits-all plan. Her work addresses attachment and abandonment concerns, communication problems, and the emotional fallout from divorce or separation. She also helps people facing body image struggles, caregiver stress, chronic illness or pain, and feelings of isolation or shame.
These topics often overlap, and she helps clients untangle them in simple, manageable steps. Therapy with Mary centers on respectful, sensitive dialogue. She helps people identify unhelpful habits, try new ways of relating, and set realistic goals.
Progress is treated as a series of small changes rather than immediate fixes. Mary accepts international clients and offers a range of online session formats. She encourages people to use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to availability.
Approaches that guide online work and practical care
Mary uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people change patterns and regain balance. One common approach focuses on identifying unhelpful relationship patterns and teaching clearer communication; this helps when intimacy, trust, or repeated conflicts are the main concern. Another approach centers on addressing attachment and abandonment wounds by exploring past and present relationship expectations; this can reduce chronic anxiety about closeness and separation.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Mary collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. Together they check what helps, adjust plans, and try different exercises until a good fit emerges.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video lets people work face to face from wherever they are, phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats help people fit therapy into busy lives and maintain continuity of care.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English