Mary Slaton

Mary Slaton, LPC, centers her work on practical therapy that helps people make clear changes in daily life. She draws on two decades of clinical experience to guide conversations about stress, anxiety, relationships, and eating and body image concerns. Her approach is warm and goal-focused, aimed at helping people rediscover what brings them satisfaction and energy.

She listens for patterns in how someone approaches social life, work, self-care, and relationships. Mary uses that information to spot what is working and what gets in the way. Then she and the client set steps to build more of the helpful behaviors and reduce the unhelpful ones.

Sessions focus on realistic goals. Mary blends practical tools with time to reflect on deeper life themes. That mix helps people address depression, low self-esteem, addictions, and struggles with sleep or purpose.

Her experience includes support around parenting stress, career transitions, veteran and armed forces issues, and concerns that affect women and young adults. She also works with people coping with grief, bipolar mood patterns, ADHD, and relationship communication problems.

Mary trained in counseling and holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential. She offers straightforward guidance and coaching-style support when helpful, and she encourages clients to take small steps that add up to lasting change.

How Mary’s approaches translate to online therapy

Mary uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and psychodynamic ideas to guide online sessions. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing practical steps to change behavior, which can help with anxiety, low mood, and body image concerns. Psychodynamic work looks at recurring life patterns and relationships to understand why certain responses keep happening, which can help with self-esteem and long-standing relationship issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Mary will collaborate with each person to decide what fits best based on goals, current challenges, and personal preferences. That choice can shift over time as progress is made and new needs emerge.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. It can reduce travel time, allow brief check-ins between in-person visits, and make scheduling around work or caregiving simpler. If you want to know which session formats are offered, confirm current options before booking so you can pick what suits your routine.