About Mari
Mari Carter is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, grief, depression, and issues around identity and relationships. She writes plainly and listens with warmth. Her focus includes self-esteem, anger, parenting stress, and women's concerns.
Mari aims to help people regain choice and voice in their lives. Mari draws on five years of counseling experience supporting people with addiction, unresolved trauma, and loss. She works to build practical coping skills that fit each person's daily life.
Background and approach
Peer support and small, actionable steps are part of her approach. She uses a mix of practical methods in sessions. Mari combines Motivational Interviewing to strengthen motivation, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to notice thoughts and behaviors, and Solution-Focused Therapy to set clear, achievable goals.
Sessions are shaped around what an individual needs right now rather than a one-size-fits-all plan. In the room she aims to be non-judgmental, respectful, and compassionate. Conversations are meant to be direct but gentle, so people can explore hard topics without feeling blamed.
Mari encourages clients to try new coping tools and see what works for them. Mari helps people track progress with small measurable steps. She supports building healthier routines and reducing harmful patterns related to substance use and mood problems.
Her goal is to guide people toward more peace, clearer choices, and a stronger sense of self over time.
How these approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's needs. It helps people feel heard and encourages them to set their own goals and pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches concrete skills to change them; it is often used for anxiety, depression, panic, and mood issues. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes skills for managing strong emotions and improving distress tolerance, which can help with intense anger, self-regulation, and co-occurring mood or substance problems.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with the client to understand their goals, concerns, and preferences, then suggest methods that fit. This is a collaborative conversation and plans can change as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people work face to face by screen, phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is limited, and live chat or text messaging can be used for quick check-ins or when writing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit sessions around work, childcare, or travel while still using CBT, DBT, or client-centered techniques in a practical way.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Anger management
- Co-morbidity
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English