About Mary
Dr. Mary Moran is a licensed clinical social worker with two decades of experience in mental health and substance use care. She holds a Ph.D. and has spent many years supervising social workers and mental health counselors.
Dr. Moran practices in Washington and offers therapy in English. Her approach is collaborative and goal-focused.
Sessions start by identifying practical concerns and priorities. She pays attention to how a person’s thoughts and surroundings affect day-to-day functioning.
Background and approach
Dr. Moran aims to make sessions straightforward and useful for managing stress and anxiety. Dr.
Moran draws on several therapeutic methods to match each person’s needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors. Client-centered work gives space for people to lead the conversation while the therapist mirrors and reflects what is most important.
She also uses Motivational Interviewing to support people making changes related to addictions and health choices. Her background includes long experience in substance use treatment and trauma-informed practice. She has worked with concerns such as depression, grief, anger, self-esteem, relationship strains, and caregiver stress.
Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, aging and geriatric issues, and end-of-life counseling. In practical terms, Dr. Moran blends structured tools and listening.
She helps people set small, achievable steps and checks progress along the way. The aim is to reduce overwhelm and build coping skills people can use between sessions.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, reflection, and following the client’s lead to clarify values and goals. Online sessions using this approach give time for people to tell their story and feel heard, which helps when sorting out anxiety or life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is about noticing thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce symptoms. In remote sessions, CBT work can include short homework tasks, tracking moods, and reviewing results together during video or messaging check-ins.
Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and build commitment. This approach can be useful for addictions, lifestyle shifts, or when people feel stuck, and it adapts well to phone or chat-based conversations.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That choice can shift over time as progress and needs change.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction; phone sessions avoid the camera and use less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and step-by-step coaching possible between sessions. These options help fit care into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while keeping the focus on useful tools and steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Washington, Illinois, Missouri, Oregon
- Languages
- English
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