Helping with a heart
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| About Mary Bieda, M.S., LPC |
| Dr. Helene Stoller Licensed Psychologist & Practice Owner |
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Pastoral Counselor.
My Bachelor's Degree is in Psychology from the University of Hawaii
and my Master's Degree Degree is in Pastoral Counseling from
Loyola College in Maryland. I have also had extensive training in the
fields of addiction, trauma, and couple's counseling.
My Bachelor's Degree is in Psychology from the University of Hawaii
and my Master's Degree Degree is in Pastoral Counseling from
Loyola College in Maryland. I have also had extensive training in the
fields of addiction, trauma, and couple's counseling.
My passion is doing couple's work. I am a proponent of emotionally focused couples'
therapy. When I see couples in distress it is often because patterns of behavior are no
longer working for them and they are finding it hard to communicate. I enjoy helping
couples discover where they are getting stuck and begin to talk in a new way that helps
them feel closer and more intimate.
As an individual therapist, I use psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral therapies to
help clients meet their goals. I am trained in EMDR which I believe is the treatment of
choice for many individuals who have experienced trauma. My approach to counseling is
strength based. I believe that each client is a unique person with his or her own inner
strengths and wisdom. I see my job as helping people to re-connect with their strengths
so they can make good choices in their lives. I am also a proponent of mind-body-spirit
approaches that help clients tune in to the wisdom of their own bodies.
I began my career working as an addictions counselor at both inpatient and outpatient
treatment centers in Maryland. While working as a student in my master’s program, I did
an internship at Hospice where I worked with bereaved individuals and families and
facilitated support groups for those who had lost loved ones through illness, suicide or
homicide. For several years I worked as a therapist for chemically dependent and/or
mentally ill women in a long term residential treatment facility in Maryland. As Clinical
Director of that facility, I designed the clinical program that is still in practice today.
In 2005 I joined a Pastoral Counseling practice where I worked until moving to South
Carolina with my husband in 2008. While in that practice, I treated individuals and
couples with grief, loss, addictions, eating disorders, depression, anxiety, trauma, anger
and ADHD. I also treated individuals with spiritual issues that often accompany life
transitions. In 2006 I facilitated a group for adults who had been abused by clergy. That
group was endorsed by the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Presently, in addition to individual and couple’s work, I enjoy facilitating a Women’s
group called Connections, and a Healing from Childhood Trauma group. In my spare
time enjoy time with family and friends and making jewelry. I am also an avid Baltimore
Ravens fan.
