About Mary
Mary Hernandez is a licensed professional counselor in Texas with five years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and compassion fatigue. Mary uses straightforward talk and listening to help people move toward clearer goals and steadier days.
She starts by treating the person, not just the problem. Mary believes people know their own stories and brings curiosity to learn what matters to each client.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person's needs, with an emphasis on building strengths and small, doable changes. Mary has worked with many trauma-related concerns, including sexual assault, post-traumatic stress, and domestic violence. She also supports people dealing with family of origin issues, abandonment, guilt and shame, and isolation.
Her experience includes helping those coping with caregiver stress and compassion fatigue. Conversations in sessions are practical and grounded. Mary helps people identify unhelpful patterns, practice new ways of responding, and set achievable steps toward relief.
She aims to make the work feel manageable rather than overwhelming. Therapy with Mary blends respect for each person's resilience with clear, action-focused support. People who want an empathic listener who also offers concrete tools may find this approach helpful.
Sessions are offered in English and take place online through a range of formats.
How evidence-based approaches work online
Mary draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skill-building and processing difficult experiences. One approach emphasizes practical coping skills and behavioral changes that help manage anxiety and depression through small, repeatable steps. Another approach helps people process trauma and painful memories in a paced way so symptoms such as intrusive thoughts and avoidance can lessen over time.Deciding which approach to use is a shared process. The therapist will ask about goals, past experiences with therapy, and what feels manageable. Together they select or adapt techniques that match the client's needs and preferences rather than imposing a single method.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people balancing work, caregiving, or travel. Video calls let therapists and clients work face-to-face when fuller interaction is helpful. Phone sessions can be easier when video is not possible or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging provide shorter check-ins, quick processing between sessions, or an option for people who prefer writing to speaking. These formats make regular work on concerns like stress, anxiety, and trauma more accessible and easier to fit into daily life.
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What this counselor works with
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- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English