Mary Quandt, LCSW-S

Welcome! I’m so glad you’re here. Houston Therapy. Houston Therapist.

People often seek out therapy when they want change. Perhaps they notice burn out, disruption in relationships or significant anxiety. These feelings can often be debilitating to the point of exhaustion and maybe even a little apathy.

It’s usually not enough to just talk about problems. You want candid feedback and fresh ideas from a third party that can be both objective and clinically trained. That’s where I come in. My job is to shed light on a new perspective, a different way of looking at life, yourself, and your relationships. As a former hospital and hospice social worker, I also am able to provide specialized support for healthcare workers and/or first responders. 

You’re here, so you’ve already taken the first step. Are you ready for it?

What I See:

Relationship Issues

ADHD

Social Anxiety

Depressed Mood

PTSD

Grief

Self-Esteem

Life Transitions

Services

  • Individual Therapy

    During individual therapy, I help clients sort through previous experiences while also helping cultivate curiosity and awareness about who they are. The people I work with have usually sought out therapy for depression, anxiety, relationship issues and processing previous trauma. In these sessions (typically weekly), you determine the pace and depth, and I guide the process with attention to help you safely navigate feelings and using our time together effectively. Often the biggest challenges can be feeling comfortable in our skin, and defining what is “normal” in life. Through therapy, we are given the chance to unpack who we are and feel validated by doing so.

  • EMDR

    EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a technique most often used for PTSD treatment in which the clinician has the client follow back and forth finger movements with their eyes (or light tapping) to activate both sides of the brain while focusing on a challenging or stressful experience. The client usually experiences a stream of associations, feelings, thoughts and memories through this processing and and then verbalizes their internal experience intermittently with the clinician. EMDR is believed that it helps reprocess memories and in a way similar to REM sleep functions in memory consolidation.