Mary Spurlin

Mary Spurlin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas who uses practical, talk-based therapy to help people manage strong feelings and life changes. She focuses on stress, anxiety, anger, trauma, grief, depression, and relationship or intimacy concerns. Her style is straightforward and supportive, aimed at helping people feel steadier and more in control. With 12 years of experience she draws on approaches that address painful memories and current thinking patterns. She helps people identify unhelpful thoughts, practice new coping skills, and face difficult memories at a pace that feels manageable. Sessions are collaborative; the person’s goals guide the work. Her background includes focused work with trauma and related concerns such as post-traumatic stress, sexual assault and abuse, and first responder issues. She also supports people dealing with caregiver stress, serious illness like cancer, aging-related changes, and feelings of guilt, shame, or abandonment. In the room she uses clear tools from cognitive behavioral approaches and trauma-focused work to build skills for daily life. When memories of trauma are central, she may incorporate approaches that target how those memories are held in the body and mind. The aim is to reduce the hold of distressing memories and improve day-to-day functioning. Mary encourages small steps. She listens without judging and helps people use their own strengths to move forward. To begin, follow the site’s Start Therapy process and schedule a time to talk.

How specific approaches shape online work

Mary uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change thinking patterns that keep stress and anxiety active. CBT focuses on clear steps and exercises that can be practiced between sessions to improve day-to-day mood and behavior.

When trauma is a core issue she may draw on Trauma-Focused Therapy to help people process painful experiences and learn coping strategies that reduce their impact. For some clients she uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing to address how distressing memories are stored, working at a pace the person can tolerate.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, symptom patterns, and comfort level, then suggest methods to try. Plans are adjusted as needed so the client feels involved and heard throughout the process.

Confirm session options before booking so you know what formats are available. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow more flexible scheduling around work or caregiving. It can also let some people have shorter check-ins when time is limited or avoid being on camera when that helps them focus.