Mary McLaggan, LPC, LMHC
Therapist in Iowa
Mary McLaggan is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 20 years of experience.
- Licensed inTexas, Iowa
- License19406, 121856
- NPI 1649449760
- Experience20+ years
- LanguagesEnglish, Spanish
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About Mary
Mary McLaggan is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 20 years of experience. She focuses on helping people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and big life changes. She aims to create a respectful, compassionate space where people can talk through what matters most to them.
Mary centers conversations on the person in front of her. She listens first, then helps build a plan that fits each client’s day-to-day life.
Background and approach
That plan can include practical skills for handling anxiety, ways to manage attention and routines, or steps to rebuild confidence after loss or change. Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas alongside client-centered and cognitive behavioral techniques.
That means she pays attention to how relationships and patterns from the past shape current reactions, while also teaching concrete tools to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Mindfulness and dialectical skills may be added when emotion regulation or distress tolerance are priorities.
Mary works with people on a wide range of concerns including grief, relationship and intimacy questions, parenting stress, career challenges, and trauma or abuse recovery. She also supports people facing identity and sexual expression issues within kink and alternative sex culture, and those navigating adoption, abandonment, or caregiving strains. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
She practices from Iowa and brings two decades of direct clinical work to each conversation. Mary emphasizes collaboration so that treatment matches each person’s goals and everyday realities.
Credentials
- LPC (Texas)
- License 19406 · expires March 2027
- LMHC (Iowa)
- License 121856 · expires September 2026
- NPI
- 1649449760 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Mary lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Mary names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic 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
Attachment-informed and practical therapy online
Mary uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. That perspective helps when people notice repeating relationship problems, abandonment fears, or trouble trusting others. It’s paired with client-centered work that keeps sessions focused on each person’s needs and values, letting the conversation follow what feels most important in the moment.She also pulls from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help change unhelpful thoughts and routines. CBT provides concrete steps for managing anxiety, improving sleep, or handling ADHD-related challenges. Together these approaches aim to be both reflective and action-oriented so people leave sessions with clearer insight and simple skills to try between meetings.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will review goals and preferences, try strategies in-session, and adjust the plan as progress unfolds. That way the work stays relevant to daily life and personal priorities.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can fit into a short break, and chat or text can work for brief check-ins or when typing feels easier than talking. These options make it easier to schedule regular work and to use therapy tools when they are needed most.
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Frequently asked
What concerns does Mary address?
Mary helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and career challenges, and compassion fatigue, among other concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and person-centered. She listens first, then uses attachment-informed thinking along with CBT and DBT strategies to teach practical coping skills.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years of professional experience working with a wide range of mental health and life issues.
What credentials and location does she hold?
She holds LPC and LMHC credentials and practices from Iowa with licensure noted as TX LPC and IA LMHC in her profile details.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What session formats are available?
Mary offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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