Marylise Zwarts

Marylise Zwarts is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida who helps people facing relationship strain, trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, and career concerns. She speaks English and French and accepts international clients. She frames therapy as a collaborative process aimed at getting people unstuck and moving toward better daily functioning and clearer choices.

She draws on 25 years of experience working in varied settings. Her approach centers on meeting clients where they are and focusing on practical steps that produce relief. Sessions often address patterns such as codependency, attachment and abandonment issues, anger, low self-esteem, and struggles with addiction or substance use.

Her work includes trauma-focused methods alongside psychodynamic and client-centered ways of working. She supports people coping with major life changes, family-of-origin problems, divorce and separation, caregiving stress, and first responder issues. She also helps people manage sleep and eating concerns tied to emotional distress.

Marylise emphasizes making steady progress rather than promising instant fixes. She aims to help clients build internal resources, greater self-trust, and improved decision-making. Therapy is presented as a team effort where both client and therapist contribute to change.

Practical steps to begin include completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling sessions according to availability. Marylise uses a subscription-based model that can be canceled at any time, with fees that vary by location and therapist schedule.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and helping people find their own solutions. It supports self-esteem, confidence, and clearer choices by centering the client’s perspective.

EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a trauma-focused method that aims to reduce the emotional intensity of disturbing memories. It is often used for nightmares, flashbacks, and trauma-related anxiety and can be adapted to work in a remote setting when appropriate.

Psychodynamic Therapy looks at recurring patterns and how past relationships influence present behavior. It can help with attachment issues, abandonment concerns, and long-standing relationship patterns by making those influences easier to understand and change.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and can adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow people to meet with a licensed professional from different locations. Because specific session formats are not detailed in the biography, confirm the current options before booking. The emphasis is on making therapy work around daily routines and on practical ways to use sessions for immediate relief and long-term change.