Mary Cole, LPC - Therapist in Georgia

About Mary

Mary Cole is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia. She offers a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through stress, anxiety, grief, and changes in life. Her style is warm and interactive, focused on practical steps parents and adults can use right away.

Sessions emphasize understanding emotions and building coping skills to feel steadier day to day. With 15 years of experience, she uses structured methods alongside compassion.

Background and approach

She teaches emotional regulation skills to help manage distress and mood shifts. She also addresses relationship patterns and communication problems that interfere with connection and boundary-setting. Mindfulness and grounding exercises are woven into sessions to reduce anxiety and improve focus.

Cognitive behavioral techniques help identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Motivational interviewing supports small, doable changes when someone feels stuck or unsure of their goals. Mary pays close attention to issues that often come up around parenting, career strain, and compassion fatigue.

She helps people strengthen self-worth and reduce people-pleasing by practicing clearer boundaries. Work on attachment concerns and forgiveness is presented in straightforward, manageable steps. The approach balances exploration with concrete tools.

Clients are guided to build resilience and greater confidence in day-to-day decision making. Practical homework and calm coaching are common parts of sessions, aimed at steady progress over time.

Therapeutic approaches you can use online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on identifying personal values and taking small actions that match those values. It helps when people feel stuck or overwhelmed and want to live in a way that matters to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect, and teaches practical ways to shift unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. This approach is often useful for anxiety, mood challenges, and panic symptoms. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a nonjudgmental, accepting environment where the person leads the conversation and the therapist listens and mirrors back what matters most.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Mary helps clients figure out which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She collaborates on a plan, adjusts strategies over time, and checks in about what is and isn't helping so the approach stays useful.

Online sessions can take place by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit busy family schedules. These formats make it easier to build consistency and use skills between sessions. The flexibility can help people balance parenting, work, and therapy without long commutes, letting them focus on steady progress and practical tools that fit everyday life.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Mary address?

Mary works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, anger, self esteem, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting, career strain, and compassion fatigue among other concerns.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her style is warm, interactive, and practical. Sessions mix listening and self-exploration with concrete skills like grounding and emotional regulation.

What is her professional background?

She has 15 years of experience as a therapist. That experience informs a structured yet compassionate approach to problem solving and skill building.

What are her credentials and where is she located?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with the Georgia license GA LPC LPC011469 and practices in Georgia.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what works best for the client.

How does cost and billing work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What are the steps to begin working together?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience: 15 years
Licensed: Georgia
Languages: English

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