How my own experience with therapy shaped the work I do today, and how I help people better understand themselves and the patterns shaping their lives.
I’m Mary.
If you asked the people in your life to describe you, they’d probably say:
“She’s successful.”
And sure, you’ve built something solid, but your definition of success has evolved. You want a life that feels warm, grounding, and as beautiful as the fictional worlds you lose yourself in at the end of a long day.
“She’s responsible.”
But truthfully, you often feel lost. Your life isn’t quite satisfying who you are now and who you’re becoming.
“She’s put-together.”
But inside, you’re battling anxiety, stuck in cycles of overthinking you can’t escape.
The truth is, holding it all together is hard, even if you’re making it look easy.
Underneath, you may feel anxious, overwhelmed, or disconnected from yourself.
You’ve tried to make sense of it through journaling, meditation, maybe even therapy, but something still hasn’t clicked.
And it’s exhausting trying to figure it out alone.
I get it.
For years, I checked all the boxes of what I thought success was supposed to look like. I earned the degrees, traveled, and built a career that looked great on paper. And I stayed in that career for eight years.
I knew something wasn’t working, but I kept trying to make it work anyway.
I tried many of the things people try when they're struggling: self-help, yoga, meditation, retreats, and therapy. Eventually, I found a therapist who was a good fit for me.
She didn't rush me or try to fix things for me. Over time, our work helped me understand myself differently. I began to recognize patterns I hadn't seen before and to pay more attention to what I wanted and what wasn't working.
Eventually, that process led me in an unexpected direction. I returned to graduate school and began the years of training required to become a therapist.
My own experience of therapy is part of what informs the way I work today. I know how difficult it can be to understand why something isn't working, even when your life looks fine from the outside. I also know the value of having someone alongside you who is interested in understanding rather than rushing toward an answer.
You don’t have to figure it out alone.
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Individual Therapy
A space to understand your anxiety and pay closer attention to what you feel, need, and want. Over time, this can help you trust yourself more.
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Highly Sensitive People
A space where your sensitivity respected. You’ll learn to care for your nervous system and navigate life in a way that supports how you’re built: intuitive, perceptive, attuned.
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Childfree-Affirming Therapy
A space where your choices don’t need to be defended. We can explore what matters to you without assumptions about what your life should look like.
How I Approach Therapy
I practice depth-oriented, psychodynamic therapy, which means I pay close attention to your inner landscape: the emotional terrain shaped by past experiences, relational patterns, and unconscious influences.
Instead of rushing to fix symptoms, we explore what’s happening beneath the surface.
What gets avoided, what gets repeated, and what your body senses before your mind catches up. At its heart, this work is deeply relational, intuitive, and collaborative.
The relationship we build becomes part of the therapy process: a space where safety, connection, and curiosity make it easier to share parts of you that may have felt too messy or complicated to risk sharing before. Over time, your inner world becomes more navigable. You begin to feel more grounded in yourself, more able to stay with what’s challenging, and clearer about what you feel and need.
During therapy sessions, this might look like:
Helping you feel your emotions, not just talk about them.
Encouraging you to embrace your sensitivity as an important part of how you experience the world.
Listening for what’s not being said: pauses, patterns, body language, and subtle emotional shifts.
Noticing and tending to what you often avoid, because that’s usually where the real work is.
Exploring how past relationships (especially early ones) shape how you show up now.
If you’re ready to understand yourself and your patterns more deeply, I’d love to hear from you.
My Qualifications
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Licensed Clinical Social Worker: Georgia / CSW007189
Master of Social Work, University of Georgia
Master of Science in Library Science, University of North Texas
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Emory University Psychoanalytic Institute Fellowship, 2024-25
Psychotherapy and The Highly Sensitive Person with Elaine Aron
AEDP for Trauma and Attachment Wounds
Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy with Dr. Sue Johnson
Treating Childhood Emotional Neglect with Dr. Jonice Webb
EMDR Therapy Training: A S.A.F.E Approach, Somatic and Attachment Focused EMDR
IFS Therapy: The Presence of the Therapist, Polarizations, Extreme Protectors, and the Cycle of Addiction
Slowing Down to Go Deeper # About Us# | By slowing down and taking time to understand, we explore the deeper, often early patterns shaping your relationships, identity, and emotional life. This creates space for healing and meaningful change.
Healing Through Relationship # About Us# | Healing happens inside safe, attuned connection. Through transparency, presence, and genuine care, I co-create therapeutic relationships that feel grounding and reparative.
Celebrating Complexity # About Us# | Your depth, sensitivity, and emotions are not flaws to fix. They’re vital parts of who you are.
Trusting Your Inner Wisdom # About Us# | Therapy is a collaborative process of gently reconnecting with your inner knowing, especially when fear, doubt, or past experiences have made it hard to hear. You already hold the answers you seek. I’m here to help you hear them.
