Introducing Mary Bratton, LPC

Mary Bratton is a North Carolina Licensed Professional Counselor, a nationally certified Master Addiction Counselor, and a North Carolina Certified Clinical Addictions Specialist and Certified Clinical Supervisor. She received her master's degree in Counseling from the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut. She has additional post-graduate credit in the areas of diagnosis, assessment, intervention, and treatment of mental and emotional disorders from Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio.

Mary has had ten years experience as a family therapist and family interventionist at a major inpatient/outpatient chemical dependency treatment center in Toledo, Ohio. For nine years prior to her recent move to North Carolina, Mary maintained a private practice at Harbor Behavioral Healthcare in Toledo, Ohio. She specializes in treating adult survivors of abuse and dysfunction, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, grief issues, substance abuse. and eating disorders.

Mary is a frequent presenter at professional conferences and workshops. She is the author of numerous journal articles on various aspects of family and survivor therapy. She is also the author of A Guide to Family Intervention (Health Communications, Inc., 1987). Her second book, From Surviving to Thriving: A Therapist's Guide to Stage II Recovery for Survivors of Childhood Abuse (The Haworth Press, Inc.), was released in 1999.

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