Compassionate Counsel.MARY ALEXANDER
Mary Alexander smiling in front of a warm brick wall
Mary Alexander

About Mary

Hi, I’m Mary.

I’m interested in what people notice about themselves—and what gets harder to hear when life feels overwhelming.

Clients often arrive with a great deal of insight. They’ve thought carefully about their history and their relationships. I want to understand what they already know, and stay curious about what is happening beneath their reactions.

My style is warm, collaborative, and deeply person-centered. We can slow down, notice what’s happening, and leave room for your own way of making sense of it.

Experience & training

A relational lens.
A mind-body background.

I’m a graduate student in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Winthrop University. I provide graduate-level counseling through Everyday Wellness SC under clinical supervision.

I have more than eleven years of experience working with people around emotional patterns, relationships, anxiety, overwhelm, and self-understanding. My background includes traditional naturopathy and holistic mind-body work.

Parts work and Internal Family Systems-informed approaches, somatic awareness, compassionate inquiry, mindfulness-based approaches, and relational work all inform how I listen. I pay attention to the person in front of me and what feels useful to them.

The way I work

Curiosity.
Care.
Your perspective.

A trauma-informed approach means paying attention to your pace, your experience, and the context of your life. We can be curious about a reaction without assuming that everything difficult belongs to an old wound.

I want there to be room for what you feel, what you need, and what you notice. Your perspective is part of the work throughout.

Counseling in South Carolina

A place to begin.

Counseling inquiries, intake, and scheduling are handled through Everyday Wellness SC.