- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Mindfulness practices
About Marie
Dr. Marie Isom is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Maryland with eight years in private practice and a total of 19 years working in the mental health field. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship strain, parenting challenges, career difficulties, and issues related to identity and trauma. Sessions focus on practical steps and clear conversation rather than jargon.
Her approach draws on client-centered work to listen and build trust, cognitive behavioral techniques to notice and change thought patterns, and mindfulness to help calm intense reactions. She also uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused strategies to set and reach realistic goals. In sessions she helps people name what is happening, identify patterns, and try small changes that can make daily life easier.
Dr. Isom has experience supporting people through grief, sleep problems, caregiver stress, compassion fatigue, and the effects of trauma and abuse. She also works with concerns such as ADHD, impulsivity, obsessions and compulsions, hoarding, and financial worry. Practical communication skills and coping tools are often part of her work.
She frames goals in concrete terms: reduce flare-ups, manage workplace frustration, improve sleep or daily routines, or rebuild confidence after setbacks. Conversations can include behavioral experiments, thought records, and brief mindfulness practices to test what helps.
To begin she asks people to describe current struggles and what they want to change. From that starting point she and the client agree on small, measurable steps to try between sessions and review what worked and what didn’t.
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a collaborative relationship. The therapist reflects what the client says and helps the client decide goals. This helps when anger feels overwhelming or when someone wants clearer communication in relationships.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. In practice this means noticing unhelpful thoughts that fuel anger and testing small behavioral changes to see if they reduce reactivity. Mindfulness therapy adds short attention and breathing practices to calm intense feelings and increase awareness before reacting.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist and client review goals, try methods, and adjust based on what fits the person’s needs and preferences. That collaborative process guides whether more CBT, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, or solution-focused steps are used.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit short check-ins into a busy day, avoid travel time, or use audio-only conversations when bandwidth is low. Licensed professionals adapt exercises like thought records, behavioral experiments, and brief mindfulness practices to work in remote sessions so they fit into everyday life.
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Experience
8+ years
Listed in
Maryland
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship and parenting concerns, career difficulties, trauma and grief among other issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses client-centered conversation alongside CBT, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused techniques to set and test practical changes.
How much experience does she have?
She has 19 years in the mental health field, including eight years working in private practice.
What credential and location does she hold?
She is an LCPC licensed in Maryland and practices there.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for and what is the cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.