About Mary
Mary Quarles brings 24 years of professional experience to her Maryland practice. She holds an MD and is licensed as an LCPC, and she focuses on practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, trauma, and LGBT concerns. She helps people talk through what's most worrying them.
Sessions aim to be welcoming and nonjudgmental so clients can share thoughts and feelings honestly. Mary emphasizes steady, respectful listening and clear, doable steps forward.
Background and approach
In therapy she works on communication problems and the fallout from divorce or separation. She also supports people dealing with post-traumatic stress and social anxiety or phobia. Her approach centers on understanding the problem, setting small goals, and trying strategies that fit each person's life.
Mary frames progress as a series of practical changes rather than a single event. She encourages people to take manageable steps, practice new habits between sessions, and notice small improvements. Her style is collaborative and paced to each person's comfort.
People choose her when they want straightforward help for ongoing stressors or a safe space to process difficult events. She focuses on what can change now, while supporting longer-term healing and rebuilding of daily routines.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Mary uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear steps and practical skills. One approach emphasizes skill-building for anxiety and stress, teaching breathing, grounding, and thought-management techniques to reduce overwhelming reactions and improve daily coping. Another approach focuses on processing trauma and difficult events in manageable pieces, helping people make sense of what happened and reduce the hold those memories have on everyday life.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Mary collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and comfort level, and she adjusts the plan over time based on progress and feedback.
Online therapy gives flexibility to fit sessions into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when video isn’t possible, live chat can be used for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing coaching between meetings. These options make it easier to schedule regular work on goals and to use strategies in real time when they matter most.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English