- Client-centered work
- CBT and DBT skills
- Mindfulness approaches
About Mary
Dr. Mary Walker is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 10 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing issues such as eating and sleeping struggles, addictions, grief, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, career concerns, and LGBT-related matters. She also focuses on feelings tied to abandonment, family of origin issues, chronic illness and pain, codependency, and related challenges.
Before becoming a counselor she taught high school art and worked as a church mentor. Those roles shaped her understanding of how life experience and relationships influence the way people respond to stress and to loss. She completed a master’s in counseling at Houston Graduate School of Theology and a Ph.D. at Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
Her approach is grounded in client-centered work, with practical techniques drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. She also uses existential and mindfulness ideas when they fit the problem at hand. Sessions typically involve clear, concrete strategies alongside space to talk through what led to the current struggle.
Dr. Walker has worked with people affected by childhood abuse, trauma, dissociation, depression, OCD, and transition-related anxiety. She describes therapy as collaborative problem-solving, with attention to skills that reduce fear, anger, and frustration so people can manage day-to-day life more effectively.
Her background includes many years mentoring young people and supporting adults through relationship and workplace problems. That history informs a practical, straightforward style that aims to help people notice what helps and what gets in the way.
For adults carrying guilt or shame related to past choices, identity, loss, or caregiving strain, she offers focused, skills-informed conversations that address both thinking patterns and coping behaviors.
How therapeutic approaches shape online sessions
Dr. Walker combines client-centered work with cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to address practical problems and strong emotions. Client-centered work focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person, helping them decide which changes to try. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and introduces concrete strategies to test and change unhelpful patterns. Dialectical behavior therapy brings specific skills for managing intense emotions, tolerating distress, and improving interpersonal effectiveness.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She treats the choice of methods as collaborative, adjusting techniques based on the client’s goals, life situation, and what helps most in early sessions. That means starting with what the person finds most pressing and trying practical tools alongside reflective conversation.
The therapist’s biography does not list specific online session formats. Confirm the available formats before booking so sessions fit into daily life. Many people choose online work because it can reduce travel, fit a break at work, or allow shorter check-ins when needed. Online sessions can make it easier to practice skills between meetings and to bring real-life examples into conversation.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with eating and sleeping problems, addictions, grief, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, career issues, LGBT concerns, and related areas like abandonment and family of origin issues.
How would she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She uses client-centered conversations and cognitive behavioral techniques to look at thoughts and behaviors that keep guilt or shame active. Mindfulness and DBT skills are added when useful to manage strong emotions.
What is her background and experience?
She has 10 years of counseling experience, a master’s degree in counseling, and a Ph.D. She also has prior experience as a high school art teacher and church mentor.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with licensure in Texas and practices from that state.
Does she speak other languages or see people internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she does accept international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.