Mary Radaker
Compassionate counselor with practical tools
LPC Pennsylvania
- Experience
- 18 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Mary
Mary Radaker is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 18 years of clinical experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, and depression.
Background and approach
She draws on a range of evidence-informed methods to tailor care to each person’s situation, inviting clients to explore patterns of thought and behavior while learning practical skills for managing symptoms and restoring balance. Her approach emphasizes a nonjudgmental, client-centered atmosphere where feelings and concerns can be voiced openly.
Mary combines structured techniques like cognitive behavioral therapy with mindfulness-informed and emotion-regulation strategies to address issues such as panic, obsessive-compulsive patterns, mood disorders, and relationship difficulties. She also brings experience addressing body image, communication struggles, guilt and shame, impulsivity, infidelity, intellectual disability, isolation, life purpose, personality concerns, phobias, and post-traumatic stress.
Mary aims to collaborate with clients on realistic goals and coping plans, offering practical tools alongside reflective exploration. She encourages the courageous step of seeking help and supports clients as they work toward greater wellbeing and functioning.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Mary often uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through structured techniques and practical exercises to reduce symptoms like anxiety, panic, and low mood. She also integrates client-centered principles that prioritize listening, empathy, and collaboration so clients feel heard while exploring their goals and values. In some cases she applies dialectical behavior therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness for clients struggling with intense emotions or impulsivity.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Mary will work with each person to consider their needs, preferences, and goals, and adapt methods over time so treatment remains responsive and relevant. Clients are invited to discuss what feels most useful and to revise the plan as progress unfolds.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing people to fit sessions into busy lives and maintain continuity of care from home. These options support ongoing skill practice between sessions and make it easier to access regular support despite geographic or scheduling constraints.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
18+ years
Licensed
Pennsylvania
Languages
English