- Practical coping skills
- Work and career focus
- Trauma-informed care
About Marie
Dr. Marie Smith is a licensed mental health counselor and licensed professional counselor with 25 years of experience. She focuses on practical help for people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, relationship strain, and career questions. She names career coaching among her areas of interest and aims to help clients facing transitions and workplace challenges.
She draws on long work in schools, hospitals, clinics, and correctional settings to see how life events shape choices over time. Her background as an educator and administrator informs a straightforward style that links past experiences with current problems. Sessions often include learning coping and problem-solving skills that fit daily life.
Her approach pulls from client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior ideas, mindfulness practices, and trauma-focused work. Together these tools help people manage strong emotions, change unhelpful thinking, and build routines that make life easier.
Dr. Smith has worked across the age span and with a range of developmental and intellectual differences. She notes attention and learning concerns, autism, and intellectual disability among issues she has supported in clinical settings. She also addresses family-related stress, adoption and foster-care histories, and the effects of trauma.
People who choose her can expect a collaborative process that looks at goals and steps forward. The first sessions typically identify priorities, outline simple skills to try, and plan follow-up steps tied to each person's daily demands.
She draws on long work in schools, hospitals, clinics, and correctional settings to see how life events shape choices over time. Her background as an educator and administrator informs a straightforward style that links past experiences with current problems. Sessions often include learning coping and problem-solving skills that fit daily life.
Her approach pulls from client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior ideas, mindfulness practices, and trauma-focused work. Together these tools help people manage strong emotions, change unhelpful thinking, and build routines that make life easier.
Dr. Smith has worked across the age span and with a range of developmental and intellectual differences. She notes attention and learning concerns, autism, and intellectual disability among issues she has supported in clinical settings. She also addresses family-related stress, adoption and foster-care histories, and the effects of trauma.
People who choose her can expect a collaborative process that looks at goals and steps forward. The first sessions typically identify priorities, outline simple skills to try, and plan follow-up steps tied to each person's daily demands.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeCaregiver issues and stressCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationFamily problemsImpulsivityIntellectual disabilityPrejudice and discriminationWomen's issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy
Experience
25+ years
Credentials
Louisiana, Florida
Languages
English
Approaches for online work and goal-focused care
Dr. Smith uses client-centered therapy to build a working relationship and understand what matters most to each person. That approach focuses on listening, reflecting what you say, and shaping goals together so sessions stay relevant.She also applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. CBT helps people identify and change unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors, useful for anxiety, depression, and workplace stress.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. She works collaboratively to match methods to a client's needs, goals, and preferences, and will adjust direction as progress and feedback indicate.
Confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, cut down travel time, and allow for brief check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let people try techniques at home and then talk through what did or did not work in the next meeting. Licensed professionals can help plan sessions that fit each person’s daily routine and goals.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, relationship issues, trauma and career questions among other concerns.
What is her general therapeutic style?
The style is collaborative and practical, using client-centered listening alongside tools that change thinking and build coping skills.
How much experience does she have?
She brings 25 years of counseling experience across schools, hospitals, clinics, and correctional settings.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LMHC and LPC credentials and practices in Louisiana.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients supported?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are session costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin the process?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.