Nanine "Marie" Dickson, LPC, LMHC
Supportive counselor helping parents make practical change
Book with Nanine- Years in practice
- 12
- Credentials
- LPC, LMHC
- Licensed in
- Texas, Washington
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Anger management
About Nanine
Nanine "Marie" Dickson is a licensed counselor who focuses on practical help for people facing parenting stress and related concerns. She uses clear, straightforward conversation to help parents notice patterns and try new approaches. Her style aims to make therapy feel like a useful problem-solving partnership rather than a lecture.
Marie holds a master’s degree in Education and Counseling and brings 12 years of clinical counseling experience. Before counseling she worked many years in education, which shaped her everyday, practical approach to problems.
Background and approach
She leans on clients’ existing strengths and helps them see choices they can make to change how things go. In sessions she often uses cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. She also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current patterns.
Mindfulness and solution-focused techniques help keep work focused on manageable steps and present-moment coping. Marie helps with a wide range of parenting-related concerns including stress, anxiety, grief, postpartum mood changes, and caregiver strain. She also supports people facing addiction, trauma, anger, and relationship problems when those issues touch parenting or daily functioning.
Her voice in the room is practical and encouraging. She helps clients make small, sustainable changes and builds a plan that fits day-to-day life. Clients can expect clear options, experiments to try between sessions, and check-ins on what works.
Marie is based in Texas and practices in English. She holds LPC and LMHC credentials and structures sessions to match each person’s goals and schedule.
What Nanine works with
Everything Nanine lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Nanine helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Intellectual disability
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches Nanine lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that fit busy parenting lives
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and caregiving. It helps people notice how old habits show up in parenting and practice different, more helpful ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It helps people identify unhelpful thoughts, test new behaviors, and track what changes. Mindfulness strategies teach simple attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and build calm in stressful moments.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, values, and day-to-day life. That means trying ideas, adjusting what doesn’t fit, and keeping what helps until clients feel more confident in their parenting choices.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and demonstrations, phone sessions can fit a quick check-in or low-bandwidth moments, and messaging works well for short updates or when a written plan helps. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, evening routines, or work breaks while still keeping the focus on usable skills and steady progress.
Questions people ask about Nanine
What concerns does she address related to parenting?
She helps with parenting stress and related struggles like anxiety, postpartum mood changes, grief, and caregiver fatigue. Other concerns include coping with life changes and balancing work and home demands.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her approach is practical and conversational. She focuses on identifying choices, trying small experiments, and building skills clients can use between sessions.
How many years of clinical experience does she have?
She has 12 years of clinical counseling experience and several additional years working in education prior to her counseling career.
What credentials and regional licensure does she hold?
She holds the LPC and the LMHC credentials and practices from Texas. The profile lists TX LPC and WA LMHC LH as her credential details.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted for remote work?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are costs and getting started handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist scheduling and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule per the therapist's availability.
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