About Mary
Mary Quarles is a licensed clinician in Maryland with 24 years of professional experience. She holds an MD and is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, and she focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress and anxiety. Mary works with people who face relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, and concerns related to LGBT issues.
Her work is straightforward and practical. She creates a welcoming space where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgment.
Background and approach
Sessions are an opportunity to talk through what is most pressing and to find manageable steps forward. Mary helps people who struggle with communication problems and the fallout from divorce or separation. She also supports those coping with post-traumatic stress and social anxiety or phobia.
Conversations focus on understanding the problem and testing small changes that can reduce daily strain. She views change as a gradual process that often begins with small actions. Mary emphasizes clear goals and simple strategies people can use between sessions.
Her approach aims to build confidence and stronger day-to-day coping. People who choose Mary can expect a calm, steady presence and practical guidance. She encourages questions and keeps plans flexible so therapy fits real life.
Her aim is to help people move toward a more manageable, satisfying life.
How therapy approaches and online care fit together
Mary uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One approach helps people identify unhelpful thought patterns and test new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce anxiety and stress. Another approach centers on processing responses to traumatic events and building better coping strategies for triggers and flashbacks.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Mary works with each person to match techniques to their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress is made. Clients are encouraged to ask questions and try different strategies to find what helps most.
Online therapy makes it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Video calls let people work face-to-face from wherever they are, phone sessions require less bandwidth, live chat can be used for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options give flexibility for scheduling, quieter check-ins, or shorter touchpoints while keeping therapy consistent and accessible.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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