Mary Shands, LPC
Missouri · 12 years in practice
Mary Shands is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with 12 years of experience.
License and registration
- LPC, Missouri
- 2014024447 · expires June 2027
- LPC, Texas
- 77506 · expires May 2026
- NPI
- 1649793787 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 12
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Mary
Mary Shands is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with 12 years of experience. She brings a warm, energetic manner to sessions and listens closely to what matters most to each person. Mary has a varied background that includes school counseling, work with veterans, roles in substance use treatment, and experience in programs that supported people after sexual offending.
She has helped people with trauma, depression, anxiety, addictions, and parenting concerns.
Background and approach
Her work has also addressed issues around adoption, separation, and emotional abuse. In session Mary uses practical, evidence-informed tools. She draws on cognitive-behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.
She also uses client-centered methods to keep the conversation focused on each person's goals and values. Her approach often includes elements of attachment-focused thinking and mindfulness to help people manage stress, improve relationships, and calm intense emotions. Mary aims to make sessions straightforward and useful, so clients leave with clear next steps they can try between meetings.
People come to Mary for help with a wide range of concerns, including grief, sleep and eating problems, anger, self-esteem, ADHD, career questions, and coping with life changes. She also offers guidance around compassion fatigue and first responder issues. Her style is practical, caring, and goal-oriented, with an emphasis on listening first and working together on what matters most.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Mary lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
Approaches Mary names
- Existential Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Mary blends approaches for online care
Existential Therapy invites people to look at big life questions - purpose, meaning, responsibility - and how those themes show up in daily struggles. It can help when someone feels stuck, empty, or is facing major life transitions by focusing on choices and personal values.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape present patterns in close connections. It helps people understand why they react a certain way in relationships and practices new ways of relating that feel safer and more satisfying.
Mary treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She talks with each person about goals and preferences, then combines methods to suit those needs. This collaborative process helps shape a clear plan and practical steps to try between sessions.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls let people use visual cues and deeper conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow for brief updates, coaching, or ongoing support between appointments. These options provide flexibility so people can choose what works best for their schedule and comfort.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with many issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy challenges, parenting concerns, ADHD, and career or life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style blends practical techniques and empathic listening. Sessions focus on clear goals, exploring values, and trying specific strategies between meetings.
What is her professional background?
Mary has 12 years of clinical experience, with past roles in school counseling, veteran services, substance use treatment, and related programs.
Where is she licensed and based?
Mary holds LPC credentials in Missouri and Texas and practices from Texas.
What languages and international options are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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