About Mary
Mary Mayle is a licensed independent social worker with 18 years of experience. She practices in Ohio and focuses on helping people move past anxiety, stress, depression, and relationship strain. Her approach is practical and down-to-earth.
She aims to make sessions feel like a clear place to sort priorities and take small steps forward. Mary creates a nonjudgmental space where people can talk about what matters most. She listens closely to personal stories and helps turn those stories into actionable plans.
Background and approach
That might mean working on coping skills, changing unhelpful thoughts, or practicing ways to reconnect with others. Her work draws on client-centered methods that put the person's goals first. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify patterns of thinking that keep problems going.
Emotionally-focused ideas help when relationship patterns or attachment concerns are part of the stress. Mary sometimes uses hypnotherapy and guided imagery to help clients access feelings and focus attention. Mindfulness practices are offered for managing strong emotions and reducing reactivity.
Motivational interviewing is used when people want help finding the drive to change. She has supported people facing grief, life transitions, caregiving strain, chronic illness challenges, addiction concerns, and workplace stress. Sessions are offered in English and arranged to fit people’s schedules using video, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Mary often uses client-centered therapy to keep sessions focused on the person's goals and values. This approach is about listening, reflecting what matters to you, and shaping the work around your priorities. It works well for general stress, life transitions, and figuring out next steps.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps identify thinking patterns and behaviors that maintain anxiety and low mood. CBT breaks concerns into concrete parts and offers practical exercises to try between sessions. That makes it easy to carry work into everyday life and measure small changes.
Finding the right method is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with you about your needs, goals, and preferences and suggest approaches to try. Together you can adjust the plan if something does not feel like a good fit, combining techniques from different models as needed.
Online work is offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. Video lets you have a fuller conversation and exercises that use visual cues. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or be easier when bandwidth is low. Live chat or text messaging can be used for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or follow-up between longer sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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