Mary Engelstatter

Create real goals that address the underlying issues and difficulties that may be making your everyday life harder. My hope is that you begin to feel as though you are a better version of yourself. We can also help to help you better understand yourself with psychological testing, if needed.

Warm, empathetic, compassionate, insightful, gentle, real, non-judgmental, encouraging, non-intimidating, and supportive. (At least I hope that's how they view me, ha!) I love to laugh and appreciate finding humor (maybe even sometimes inappropriate humor) in hard situations.

Have a history of trauma, have mood fluctuations, struggle with focus and attention, feel anxious or depressed, feel irritable, and are sometimes perfectionists. I also have experience in working with military families and service members (and actually grew up in Parris Island, SC and Jacksonville, NC - home of Camp Lejeune).

I wanted to help. I enjoy working with people and watching them realize they have everything they need within themselves. I actually started off as an elementary education major but, in my last semester, decided to switch to psychology because I felt as though I could make more of a difference there!

Starting therapy can be frightening and, for a lot of us, talking about our feelings doesn’t come easy. Being vulnerable can be hard. I want everyone to know that it's normal to feel nervous at first but that I think you will find that it's worth it once you start the process.