Marie Duncan, LMFT

Marie Duncan is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of experience who works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship strain. She speaks plainly and focuses on helping clients find practical steps forward. Her style is warm and encouraging and she aims to make sessions feel manageable and real. Marie helps people untangle difficult relationships and the emotions that come with them. She supports those coping with trauma and abuse, parenting strain, caregiver stress, aging concerns, and workplace or career pressure. She also helps with intimacy issues, self-esteem, social anxiety, and the pains of life transitions. In sessions she uses straightforward, evidence-informed methods. She draws on Client-Centered work to listen and reflect what matters to the client. She brings in Cognitive Behavioral tools to identify unhelpful thoughts and practice different responses. Emotionally-Focused ideas guide conversations about attachment and connection when relationships are strained. Marie also uses solution-focused techniques to build small concrete steps and EMDR when trauma processing is part of the work. Her aim is to match the approach to each person’s needs so progress feels realistic and doable. She balances empathy with practical exercises and small homework tasks. Clients can expect a collaborative tone that mixes encouragement with clear aims. Marie helps set achievable goals and tracks progress over time. She invites people ready for change to begin the process and offers support through both difficult moments and forward movement.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on careful listening and reflecting the client’s experience so they feel heard and understood; online sessions use that same attentive presence to help people sort through their concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and teaches practical exercises people can try between sessions to reduce anxiety or reframe negative thinking. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and change interaction patterns that create distance or conflict in close relationships, guiding conversations that strengthen emotional connection.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, symptoms, and comfort level. That choice can change over time as progress is tracked and new needs emerge.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the exact session formats offered before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce commute time, and allow shorter check-ins when a quick update is needed. It also lets people use visual or audio-only options depending on what feels most practical. Ask about current session options when you schedule so you can pick what works best for your routine.