About Marlene
Marlene Hood is a Licensed Professional Counselor who centers sessions on the person sitting across from her. She emphasizes a gentle, accepting approach and tells clients plainly that "it is okay, not to be okay." Marlene aims to create space where people can name their struggles and start practical steps forward.
She has five years as an LPC and nearly two decades as a certified school counselor in Texas and Louisiana.
Background and approach
That background means she is familiar with school plans, behavior supports, and crisis response in educational settings. She draws on that experience when helping people navigate stress and life changes. Marlene works with anxiety, stress, trauma and abuse, depression, low self-esteem, grief, parenting concerns, anger, and coping with life transitions.
Sessions focus on learning tools to manage strong feelings, build confidence, and handle difficult moments. She emphasizes short, usable strategies rather than long explanations. Her style is person-centered, so she follows each client’s pace and priorities.
Clients can expect a respectful, nonjudgmental conversation where their own goals shape the work. The therapist checks in often to make sure the plan still fits. People reach out to address specific problems like panic, struggles after loss, or challenges at home.
Marlene offers straightforward guidance and practical coping skills so people can take steady steps toward feeling better.
Client-centered care delivered online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and responding to each person's needs. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects concerns back, and helps set small goals for managing anxiety, stress, grief, or trauma-related reactions. This approach helps people build confidence in their own decisions and coping skills.Because Marlene values a collaborative process, she works with each person to decide which methods fit best. Together they identify goals, try practical tools, and adjust the plan as needed so sessions remain useful and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit different schedules and preferences. Video lets people see facial cues and work through emotions in real time. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a work break. Live chat or text messaging can be used for shorter check-ins, ongoing prompts, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to keep regular contact and practice new skills between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
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- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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