About Marguerite
Marguerite Elkins is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who focuses on anxiety, stress, trauma, depression, and related concerns. She offers a calm presence and practical tools to help people manage symptoms and get back to daily life. Her sessions are straightforward and goal-oriented.
She combines approaches like cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior tools, and EMDR to address painful memories and current stressors. Mindfulness and solution-focused steps are used to build coping skills and short-term gains.
Background and approach
Marguerite draws on 15 years of clinical work in Tennessee. She helps people sort through grief, anger, mood swings, ADHD challenges, and adjustment after major life changes. She also supports those dealing with trauma, domestic violence, or issues tied to first responder and veteran experiences.
In the room she tends to move between talking, skill practice, and targeted interventions. Sessions may include breathing and grounding, changing thinking patterns, and structured exercises to reduce panic and improve mood. EMDR is one method she may use when processing traumatic memories.
Her approach blends skills training with focused therapy for past hurts. The goal is practical change - fewer panic moments, steadier mood, and clearer day-to-day coping. Marguerite works with people in English and practices in Tennessee as an LMFT.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Marguerite commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and EMDR as part of her work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors. It helps with anxiety, panic, and mood problems by teaching clear tools you can use between sessions. EMDR addresses distressing memories through a structured process that aims to reduce the emotional impact of past events and ease symptoms linked to trauma.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your history, goals, and what feels comfortable, then try methods that suit your needs. If one approach does not fit, she can adjust the plan and introduce other techniques such as mindfulness or solution-focused steps to keep progress moving.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to work together. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skill practice and longer sessions. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for short updates, practice prompts, or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule while keeping continuity of care with a licensed professional.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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