- 25 years experience
- Ph.D. and licensure
- Practical coping skills
About Marie
Dr. Marie Smith offers practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, and life transitions. She frames sessions around what each person needs now and helps them build everyday coping skills. With a calm, direct approach, she aims to make therapy clear and useful for busy lives.
Marie holds a Ph.D. and maintains licensure as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor. She brings 25 years of counseling experience across many settings, including schools, hospitals, clinics, and correctional facilities. That background shapes a steady, experienced perspective on problems that come from home, work, or sudden events like disasters.
Her work often focuses on relationships, career questions, parenting stresses, and problems that follow trauma or loss. She helps people manage symptoms of anxiety and depression, address addictions, and handle impulsivity or adjustment challenges. Practical tools such as problem solving, anger management, and coping skills are commonly used in sessions.
She also supports issues related to adoption and foster care, attachment questions, intellectual or developmental disabilities, and stress faced by caregivers. When concerns point to a need for family- or couples-based services beyond individual sessions, she suggests appropriate referrals.
Sessions look at how past experiences connect to current struggles and how small changes can make daily life more manageable. People who want straightforward, experienced guidance for rebuilding resilience after loss, trauma, or major change may find this approach helpful.
How specific approaches guide online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. The therapist follows the client's lead and helps them clarify goals and priorities, which suits people who want a collaborative space to talk about stress, relationships, or recent loss.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Sessions involve practical exercises and homework to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety, depression, and adjustment after disruptive events.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. These tools are useful for managing strong reactions, impulsivity, and relationship conflicts.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and suggest which methods to try. That choice is made together and can change as progress is made.
Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule and keep momentum between appointments. Because session options are not specified here, confirm the current session formats before booking. The therapist can then help match a practical plan for session length and timing so therapy fits daily life without adding extra stress.
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Experience
25+ years
Credentials
Louisiana, Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship difficulties, grief, career concerns, and coaching around life transitions.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is practical and client-centered, focusing on clear coping skills, problem solving, and collaborative goal setting during sessions.
How much experience does she have?
The therapist has 25 years of counseling experience across schools, hospitals, clinics, and correctional settings.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds a Ph.D. and is a LMHC and LPC licensed in Florida and Louisiana, and practices out of Louisiana.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the country work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.