Mary Jo Ayllon, LPC, LCMHC
Compassionate, practical counseling for everyday struggles
Book with Mary- Years in practice
- 12
- Credentials
- LPC, LCMHC
- Licensed in
- Georgia, North Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Grief
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Mary
Mary Jo Ayllon is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 12 years of clinical experience. She practices in North Carolina and offers a practical, warm approach aimed at helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, parenting struggles, and depression. Her work focuses on listening first and setting clear goals together.
Sessions emphasize small, doable steps that fit each person’s pace. She draws on evidence-informed techniques to help clients practice new skills between appointments.
Background and approach
Mary Jo uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and mindfulness tools to address unhelpful thoughts and patterns. She also incorporates attachment-based ideas to explore how past relationships shape current reactions. When desired by a client, she can include a Biblically integrative perspective to connect faith with therapeutic work.
Experience includes helping people cope with trauma, abuse, OCD, ADHD, low self-esteem, postpartum depression, workplace stress, and cultural or multicultural concerns. She also supports those facing relationship and family problems, body-image issues, and life transitions. Sessions are offered in English and delivered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Pricing varies with location and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules according to therapist availability.
What Mary works with
Everything Mary lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Mary helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Control issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Mary lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches that translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, parenting struggles, and life transitions by focusing on small, values-driven steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing thinking patterns that feed anxiety or depression. It often includes practical exercises and homework to practice new habits between sessions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current reactions and connections; it can help people understand why they respond strongly in relationships and work toward healthier interactions.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist discusses needs, goals, and preferences during early sessions and adapts methods as work progresses. Clients and the therapist check in regularly to see what is helping and adjust the plan together.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone calls can fit a quick check-in or when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat can work for shorter updates or when a client prefers written reflection. These options help fit therapy into busy routines and make it easier to keep momentum between appointments.
Questions people ask about Mary
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting struggles, and self-esteem. Additional areas include trauma and abuse, OCD, ADHD, postpartum depression, workplace issues, and relationship or family problems.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is warm and goal oriented. She listens, sets shared goals, and uses practical steps that clients can apply between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 12 years of counseling experience working with a range of concerns from anxiety and depression to trauma and multicultural issues.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LPC and LCMHC credentials and practices in North Carolina. The listing shows GA LPC and NC LCMHC as credential details.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
In what formats are sessions available?
Sessions are available via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. This allows for different lengths and rhythms of contact to suit daily schedules.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. Then schedule sessions based on the therapist's available times.
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