Mary Dellinger, LPC

Mary Dellinger is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with ten years of clinical experience. She brings a practical, down-to-earth style to sessions and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma-related concerns. Her approach is collaborative and rooted in listening first, then working together to choose tools that fit each person's life.

Mary mixes practical methods from several therapy traditions to match a person's needs. She commonly uses client-centered techniques to follow what matters most to the client and cognitive behavioral ideas to tackle unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Mindfulness practices are offered to help with focus and regulation, and psychodynamic ideas can be used to understand recurring patterns.

Sessions are shaped around real-life goals like sleeping better, coping with change, improving relationships, or managing ADHD and addictions. She also addresses specific concerns such as grief, intimacy-related issues, caregiving strain, chronic pain and illness, body image, and attachment-related worries. The work aims to produce concrete changes people can use between sessions.

Mary works with adults on issues linked to mood, behavior, identity, and life transitions. She encourages steady progress through short-term strategies and longer-term insight when that fits a person's goals. Her style is warm, nonjudgmental, and focused on practical steps.

Based in South Carolina, Mary speaks English and brings a decade of experience to each client's situation. She asks people to share their immediate concerns on intake so treatment can begin with clear, achievable steps.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Mary commonly uses client-centered methods that emphasize listening and following what matters most to the client. This approach helps set priorities and shape goals that feel personally relevant, which is useful for stress, relationship concerns, and identity work.

She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. CBT can help with anxiety, mood concerns, sleep problems, and managing ADHD-related routines.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped in the past. Together they decide which methods to use and adjust the plan as needed, so sessions stay focused and useful.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know how sessions are delivered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also makes it simpler to continue care through life changes while keeping work and family routines intact.