About Mary
Mary Stinson uses experience with practical, evidence-informed approaches to help people change long-standing patterns. She presents a direct but compassionate style. Her work emphasizes strengths and real-world strategies so people can make different choices when stress rises.
With 15 years in practice as an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor), Mary draws on brain research to explain why feelings, impulses, and behaviors show up the way they do. She breaks ideas into clear steps so people can try new responses and notice what works.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on learning skills and building safer ways to respond to hard moments. Mary helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, and grief. She also addresses related concerns such as abandonment, attachment issues, body image, caregiver stress, chronic pain or illness, communication problems, control issues, divorce and separation, and isolation.
Practical problem solving and steady guidance are central to her approach. Her toolbox includes approaches like attachment-based work, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior skills, EMDR, and mindfulness practices. She adapts methods to fit each person's situation and goals instead of using a single formula.
The focus is on what will move someone forward now. Mary aims to help people stop repeating painful patterns and to find ways to live with more purpose and safety. She explains how stress influences decisions and offers step-by-step methods to break cycles.
The goal is clearer thinking, fewer impulsive moves, and a more manageable life.
Practical approaches for remote care and skill building
Mary frequently uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small experiments that change behavior. CBT can be useful for anxiety, stress, and problem solving because it breaks issues into clear steps and skills. Attachment-based work looks at patterns that form in relationships and helps people understand how past connections shape present reactions; it can be useful for relationship concerns, abandonment, and attachment issues.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Mary collaborates with each person to pick methods that fit their goals, preferences, and daily life. She adjusts pacing and tools as someone learns skills and notices what helps, so therapy feels practical rather than theoretical.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for face-to-face interaction and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text options allow shorter check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, and flexibility for people with busy schedules. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent and to practice new skills in day-to-day life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English