Mary Landers, LCSW

Mary Landers is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Texas with 12 years of professional experience. As an LCSW she has advanced training in assessment and therapeutic interventions to support people facing emotional challenges and life transitions.

She focuses on helping individuals manage stress and anxiety, address LGBT-related concerns, work through trauma and abuse, and cope with grief and loss. She also supports those dealing with depression and related struggles. Her approach centers on creating an open, nonjudgmental environment where thoughts and feelings can be explored honestly.

Mary views therapy as a collaborative process, partnering with each person to set goals and develop practical coping skills. She encourages courage and agency in pursuing a more fulfilling and happier life and aims to empower clients as they take steps toward meaningful change.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care

Mary Landers employs skills-focused, evidence-based techniques that help people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and build practical coping strategies for stress, anxiety, and depression. These methods emphasize problem solving, emotion regulation, and gradual behavior change to reduce everyday distress.

She also uses trauma-informed approaches that focus on understanding the effects of trauma and abuse, supporting clients to process difficult experiences and navigate grief at a pace that feels manageable. Additionally, Mary offers affirming care for LGBT-related concerns, addressing identity, relationship, and minority stress in ways that validate each person's experience.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process. Mary collaborates with clients to select and adapt methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences, making adjustments as progress is made.

Online therapy is available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for scheduling and for those balancing work, caregiving, or mobility needs. These formats make it easier to maintain regular therapy while fitting care into a client's daily life.