About Mary
Mary Radaker is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania with 18 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, work through addictions, and process trauma and abuse. She also supports those dealing with depression and related mood concerns.
Mary aims to make sessions feel approachable and direct. She creates space for straightforward talk about thoughts and feelings. The goal is to reduce overwhelm and find practical next steps you can try between sessions.
Background and approach
Her approach centers on listening first. She helps people identify patterns that keep problems going and then tests different ways to change them. She prefers clear tools and short-term strategies when those fit the situation.
Mary uses a mix of methods to suit each person. That can include skills to manage emotions, structured work on troubling thoughts, and focused processing for traumatic memories. She treats the process as collaborative and adjusts methods to what the person needs.
Sessions move at a practical pace. Mary helps set achievable goals and checks in on progress. For many people this leads to calmer daily routines, fewer panic moments, and clearer decisions about relationships and life direction.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and perspective. It involves active listening and reflecting so people feel heard and can decide what changes matter most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical exercises to shift unhelpful patterns, which often helps with anxiety and mood issues. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, adds concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness, which many people find useful when emotions feel overwhelming.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Mary collaborates with each person to identify what feels helpful and adjusts methods over time. She combines listening with skill building so the approach matches the client’s goals and day-to-day needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can fit into a busy day and require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging allow short check-ins and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options give flexibility to fit therapy into daily life while using the therapeutic approaches described above.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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