Works with
How Mary works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC, LMHC
- Licensed in
- Texas, Iowa
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Mary
Mary McLaggan is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 20 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are overwhelmed by stress, anger, anxiety, depression, and big life changes. She speaks English and Spanish and works with adults seeking clearer thinking and steadier emotions.
In sessions she listens first and adapts to each person's needs. Conversations are guided by the client's goals and paced to what feels manageable.
Background and approach
She draws on practical tools to address sleep problems, low self-esteem, grief, relationship strain, and challenges at work. Her approach blends attachment-based ideas with client-centered care and cognitive behavioral techniques. That means Mary pays attention to how relationships shape feelings, centers the person's experience, and teaches skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
She also uses dialectical skills for emotion regulation and elements of existential work when people wrestle with meaning and choices. Mary aims to make therapy straightforward and useful. Expect clear explanations, doable exercises, and a focus on small changes that add up.
She tailors pacing and methods for people managing ADHD, trauma histories, caregiving stress, and a wide range of other concerns. Sessions are offered through video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Getting started begins with a short matching questionnaire and then scheduling a time that fits the client's life and goals.
What Mary works with
Everything Mary lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Mary's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Mary lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches and practical online sessions
Mary commonly uses attachment-based ideas, client-centered methods, and cognitive behavioral therapy in online work. Attachment-based therapy looks at how early and current relationships influence feelings and patterns, which can be useful for people struggling with intimacy, trust, or repeating relationship problems. Client-centered therapy centers the person's own experience and priorities, so conversations are paced around what matters most to the client and aim to build self-understanding and self-direction. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) teaches hands-on strategies to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can help with anxiety, low mood, anger, and sleep issues.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, life context, and what strategies feel most manageable. Together they will test approaches and adjust the plan as needs and preferences become clearer.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different situations. Video is useful for fuller conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief updates, therapy between sessions, and flexible scheduling. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other busy days while still working toward steady change and better coping.
Questions people ask about Mary
What kinds of concerns does Mary commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anger, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting strain, ADHD, career stress, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is attentive and practical. Sessions focus on listening first, then teaching skills and strategies that clients can use between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 20 years of professional experience working with a wide range of mental health and life concerns.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
She holds LPC and LMHC credentials and practices from Iowa with licensure records noted as TX LPC and IA LMHC.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What session formats does she use?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.