Dr. Mary Walker, LPC

Dr. Mary Walker helps people facing grief, eating and sleeping problems, addiction, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and questions about sexual orientation and identity. She also supports career stress and coaching needs. Her first priority is to listen and make a plan that fits each person’s life.

She brings ten years of counseling experience and works from a person-centered stance. That means she focuses on the person first and builds therapy around their goals. She blends practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy when those skills will help reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.

Mary trained in counseling at Houston Graduate School of Theology for her master’s degree and completed a Ph.D. at Texas A&M Corpus Christi. Before counseling she taught high school art and mentored in church settings, which shaped how she connects with people of different ages and backgrounds.

Her past work includes helping people cope with trauma, dissociation, chronic health problems, codependency, and family of origin concerns. She also addresses abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, and caregiver stress. She aims to make change feel manageable and steady rather than overwhelming.

Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps. Dr. Walker encourages clients to try skills between sessions and to check what works. She describes therapy as a shared process where the client’s priorities guide the work.

Therapeutic approaches and how they translate online

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead, helping people name their priorities and set small, practical goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) uses straightforward exercises to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors, which can ease symptoms like anxiety, mood swings, or sleep problems. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) teaches skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance, useful for strong mood shifts or relationship stress.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then suggest which methods to try first. That decision is collaborative and can change as needs evolve.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the exact formats offered before booking since this profile does not list them. Online therapy can make scheduling easier and help fit sessions into busy lives. It can also allow for shorter check-ins or phone conversations when that suits someone better, and it avoids travel time so people can work therapy into a lunch break or between appointments. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT and DBT exercises to remote sessions so people can practice skills at home and review progress together.