Mary McLaggan, LPC, LMHC

Mary McLaggan is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Mental Health Counselor with twenty years of experience. She offers a calm, respectful approach and aims to help people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or life transitions. Mary speaks English and Spanish and works with adults across a wide range of concerns.

Mary focuses on practical talk and clear skills. She shapes conversations and plans to match each person’s situation. Sessions aim to identify what is getting in the way, test small changes, and build routines that make daily life more manageable.

Her work includes support for attention difficulties, grief, relationship and intimacy worries, sleep problems, and career stress. She also addresses complex topics such as trauma and abuse, body image, caregiving strain, and issues tied to adoption or attachment. Mary emphasizes respect and sensitivity while helping people sort priorities and set simple goals.

Across two decades she has helped people develop coping strategies, rebuild confidence, and find steadier rhythms during change. Her approach blends problem-solving tools with exploration of what matters most to each person. Mary will work with clients to choose techniques that fit their goals and daily life.

To begin, Mary asks people to describe what feels hardest right now, then together they plan small, achievable steps. The focus is on practical progress and on learning durable skills that carry beyond the therapy room.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Mary often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test small behavioral changes that reduce anxiety and improve mood. CBT focuses on practical steps and clear exercises that work well in a video or phone session.

She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early patterns of relating influence current connections. This approach helps people understand relationship triggers and practice different ways of responding in real interactions.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Mary will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then suggest techniques to try. Together they track progress and adjust methods based on what helps most.

Online formats offer flexibility for different needs. Video calls let people use visual cues for deeper conversation, phone sessions can fit a short break at work or require less bandwidth, and live chat or text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, homework review, or ongoing skill practice between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around a busy life.