Mary Kilburn, Ph.D.

More than thirty years of professional practice in the Raleigh Community have provided me with:

• A wealth of experience
• Opportunities to assist in Individual, Child, Family and Community Psychology
• A record of community Service and Leadership
• The ability to personalize treatment to the needs of the individual, couple, family, or situation.

This experience combines with my credentials [see below], life-acquired wisdom and personal values, to give my practice its unique flavor.

• Licensed Psychologist
• Listed in the selective National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology for more than 26 years.
• Certified to provide Health Services by the State of North Carolina.
• Certified Mental Health Co-leader for THE SOLUTION Weight Management Program at Wake Medical Center.
• Certified as a QuitSmart Smoking Cessation Clinician.
• Earned Bachelors’s degree cum laude Memphis State University 1956,
• Master’s (1969) and Doctorate (1977) from North Carolina State University.

My long-standing tradition of service in the community has included:

• North Carolina Coalition of Mental Health Professionals and Consumers, Inc., President 1996-1997, Vice President 1995-1996.
• Serving on the Board of Directors and chairing Major Committees for the North Carolina Psychological Association.
• American Psychological Association Division and Committee work
• North Carolina Psychoanalytic Society member
• North Carolina Psychoanalytic Foundation Board of Directors
• Founding President of Capital Area Psychologists
• Founding President of the North Carolina Consumers Council, Inc.
• Longstanding participation in the religious, civic, and arts communities of the region and the State
• Listed in editions of Who's Who in American Women and Who's Who in the South and Southwest.

I prefer to work with thoughtful people who want to use their resources to create more meaningful lives. Helping others move beyond the pain of anxiety, depression, isolation, phobias and trauma is deeply satisfying to me. It is a great pleasure to work with those who  struggle to overcome the internal and external constraints which prevent them from realizing their potential.

I don't offer promises of "quick easy fixes" because I know that effective therapy requires three interrelated things:

• TIME
• TRUST
• TOTAL CONFIDENTIALITY

As a psychologist I know :

• The sometimes searing reality of emotional pain
• That sometimes people become numb to shut out the pain.
• You can create a different future.
• Skills for successful living can be learned.
• Change can be difficult.
• How you handle your anger probably determines your life's story.
• Broken hearts hurt as surely as broken arms or legs, and CAN hurt more.
• What your friends see on the outside is often quite different from what you feel inside.
• You can be very lonely in a crowd.
• Individuals can grow and change.
• You do not have to be a prisoner of your past.
• You do not have to live in shame.