Mary Jo Ayllon , LPC, LCMHC

Mary Jo Ayllon is a licensed counselor with 12 years of clinical experience, practicing as an LPC and an LCMHC - titles that indicate she is credentialed to provide professional mental health counseling. She works with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, grief, anger, trauma and abuse, OCD, ADHD, low self-esteem, stress, and challenges adjusting to life transitions. Her practice also addresses multicultural issues and experiences of racism, and she brings experience supporting parenting struggles, spiritual questions, and conflicts that arise within church communities.

As a parent and pastor's wife, Mary Jo integrates an understanding of faith and family into her clinical work when clients request a faith-informed perspective. She offers a Biblically integrative option that combines psychological approaches with a biblical worldview for clients who find that helpful.

Her style emphasizes creating comfort, building trust, and fostering motivation and hope. She aims to meet each person where they are and to move together toward achievable goals, recognizing that individuals progress at different paces. Mary Jo tailors her approach to each client's needs, drawing on cognitive behavioral techniques, solution-focused strategies, and humanistic principles to support healing, restoration, and renewed well-being.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Mary Jo Ayllon uses a range of evidence-informed techniques to support clients online. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people accept difficult thoughts and feelings while clarifying personal values and committing to small, meaningful actions - it can be useful for stress, anxiety, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns of relating that develop from early relationships and how those patterns affect current connections, which can help with relationship concerns, abandonment, and family issues. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical strategies to change them, often aiding mood difficulties, anxiety, OCD symptoms, and coping skills.

Choosing the right approach is part of the collaborative process. Mary Jo works with each person to understand their goals, preferences, and needs, and together they decide which methods are most likely to help at a given time. This flexibility allows the work to be tailored and adjusted as progress unfolds.

Online sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging offer practical benefits - greater scheduling flexibility, easier access from home or work, and the ability to continue therapy through life changes. These options make it easier for clients to fit consistent therapeutic work into busy lives while maintaining contact with licensed professionals who can guide the process.