Mary Dellinger

Mary Dellinger is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with ten years of clinical experience. She uses a person-focused approach that centers on each client’s goals and day-to-day needs. Mary aims to make sessions straightforward and practical so people can take steps forward between meetings.

Mary blends methods from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness, and psychodynamic thinking. She pulls from these approaches to tailor care to issues like stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and career concerns. Sessions often focus on clearer thinking, manageable routines, and coping skills that fit real life.

Her practice also addresses relationship and intimacy-related struggles, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, and body image concerns. Mary works with people dealing with chronic illness, caregiver stress, and complicated grief. She also supports those navigating attachment, abandonment, and codependency issues.

In the room she listens for patterns and then helps people try practical shifts. That might mean changing unhelpful thoughts, building a mindfulness habit, or talking through early relationship patterns that still affect day-to-day life. Work is paced to match what each person can handle.

Mary is based in South Carolina and offers therapy in English. She asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire to begin. The goal is to match needs, preferences, and practical constraints before scheduling sessions.

How these approaches fit into online therapy

Mary commonly draws on client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in her work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and helping people clarify what they want to change. It is helpful for building motivation and addressing self-esteem or life-direction questions. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress management.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Mary collaborates with each person to decide which methods match their goals and preferences. She will check in during early sessions and adjust the mix of strategies based on what is working and what is not.

If you are considering online work, confirm the current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, and allow for check-ins without taking as much time away from work or family. It can also let people use mindfulness exercises and behavioral assignments in the settings where they live and work, which helps translate changes into daily life.