Dr. Mary Anne Gunter, LPC

Dr. Mary Anne Gunter is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who focuses on relationships, trauma, grief, and parenting concerns. She offers direct, practical care and helps people with stress, anxiety, anger, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. Dr. Gunter practices from Arkansas and brings eight years of counseling experience to her work.

Her approach emphasizes understanding patterns that come from early attachment and current relationships. She uses client-centered conversations to help people name what matters and set realistic goals. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes.

When trauma is part of the story, she draws on emotionally-focused methods and trauma-processing approaches to reduce the hold painful memories can have. She also supports those coping with chronic pain, chronic illness, caregiver strain, and the life changes that follow major medical or family transitions. Practical planning and step-by-step goal setting are common parts of sessions.

Dr. Gunter has additional experience with blended family and co-parenting issues, caregiver stress, and aging and geriatric concerns. She also lists compassion fatigue, ADHD, and forgiveness work among her areas of focus. Her style is straightforward and respectful, aiming to help each person move toward clearer choices and better daily functioning.

Clients should confirm current session options before booking. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and scheduling follows the therapist's availability.

How attachment work and CBT translate to online therapy

Attachment-based work focuses on how early and current relationships shape reactions and connection patterns. In online sessions this looks like talking through relationship stories, noticing repeating patterns, and practicing new ways of responding to partners or family members. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and building the conversation around the client’s priorities; online meetings provide a space to reflect and set goals that feel realistic.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps people spot thoughts that lead to distress and try small behavior experiments to test new ideas. Online sessions can guide those exercises, review progress, and adjust plans between meetings. This approach is useful for anxiety, stress, self-esteem work, and coping with life changes or chronic health challenges.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each client to choose which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and may combine approaches when that makes sense.

The original profile does not list specific session formats for this therapist, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make scheduling easier, save travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when days are busy. It also lets people keep therapy in their regular routines, which can help make steady progress without major disruptions.