LPC, 20 years of experience
My name is Mary Radaker and I have been a Licensed Professional Counselor for many years and have 20 + years of experience counseling diverse groups of people. I am able to help people with anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, couples issues and many more issues. I love working with people and I am a kind, caring person who puts forth effort into my sessions in order to ensure people are working on coping skills that are useful to them.
clients can expect to tell me some things they would like to share about themselves and we will talk about some goals they would like to work on. We will talk about the course of treatment and whether or not they would like additional worksheets or information on their identified problem
my greatest strengths as a therapist are that I have a lot of experience and training and am able to help clients learn new skills and help to instill some hope that they can heal and feel better.
I counsel adolescents as well as adults up to people in their seventies. I have a lot of experience working with people who come from all backgrounds and histories and try to help people to feel safe and there needs heard.
I use this to help people be able to identify and change negative thoughts which often lead to feelings of anxiety, depression, anger and other problems
I work with couples to change communication patterns and ways of interacting which promotes them to have a healthy relationship
I use EMDR to help people work through trauma that is not talk therapy but is effective in helping people reduce their trauma symptoms and distress associated with painful, problematic events
I help people to work through grief issues which are causing them distress so they can heal from their loss