About Mary
Mary Pollock is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 42 years of experience in human services. She focuses on helping people navigate addiction, mood disorders, and big life changes. Her style centers on listening first and shaping care around each person's needs.
Mary has worked across inpatient and outpatient settings in both mental health and substance use care. She has also provided staff training and supported new counselors as they learned the field.
Background and approach
This range has given her practical insight into common struggles people face. In sessions she uses a person-centered approach that follows what the client says matters most. She pairs that with cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thought patterns.
Motivational interviewing is part of her work when people are looking to change behavior related to substance use or other habits. People seeking help for anxiety, depression, grief, anger, or stress often find straightforward tools in her sessions. She also addresses caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, codependency, and family-of-origin issues.
Mary helps people break down problems into small, manageable steps. Her aim is practical progress rather than labels. Clients can expect a calm, direct conversation about what is getting in the way and what might help.
Mary works in Pennsylvania and conducts sessions in English.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on the client's experience and priorities. The counselor follows the person's lead, asking questions and reflecting back what is said to help clarify goals and choices. This approach fits many issues where feeling heard and understood is the first step.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact. In online work this often means identifying patterns that fuel anxiety or depression and practicing small exercises to change them. It is useful for mood concerns, anxiety, and coping with life transitions.
Motivational Interviewing helps people who are ambivalent about change. The therapist uses open questions and reflective listening to strengthen motivation for steps like reducing substance use or improving health habits.
Finding the right approach is a joint effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit their style, and adjust over time. Clients help set priorities and decide what feels most useful in sessions.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and more in-depth conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text work well for short check-ins or when a written format helps organize thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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What this counselor 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