About Mari
Mari Carter, LPC, helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, trauma, and mood concerns. She offers a calm, respectful presence and focuses on restoring each person’s sense of choice and voice. Sessions emphasize practical skills and small steps that can make daily life feel more manageable.
Mari has five years of counseling experience working with people facing substance misuse, unresolved trauma, and loss. She guides people toward healthier coping strategies and encourages connection with peer supports when useful.
Background and approach
Her aim is to help people move from feeling stuck to feeling more in control of their next steps. Her counseling style is warm and non-judgmental. She listens first and tailors the plan to what each person needs.
Conversations are straightforward and focused on achievable goals rather than long lists of jargon. Mari blends several practical approaches in sessions. She uses Motivational Interviewing to help people find internal motivation.
She applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and build new habits. Solution-Focused techniques keep work goal-directed and brief when that fits the client’s needs. People meet her for help with panic and anxiety, addictions including drug and alcohol concerns, lingering effects of sexual assault and abuse, and the guilt or shame that can follow trauma.
She also supports those dealing with relationship stress, parenting strain, self-esteem struggles, and women’s issues. Mari practices in Tennessee and holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential.
How these approaches shape online therapy
Mari uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing to guide online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors that reduce anxiety and mood symptoms. Motivational Interviewing focuses on building a person’s own reasons and energy for change, which is helpful for addictions and treatment engagement.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Mari will listen to your goals and collaborate on what methods to try first. She adapts techniques based on progress and preferences so the plan stays practical and relevant to your life.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls let you have a full conversation with visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a more personal-sounding connection is preferred. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, skill practice between sessions, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options let people fit therapy into work breaks, caregiving schedules, or days when stepping out isn’t possible.
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What this therapist 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
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