- Years in practice
- 25
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Marie
Marie Duncan is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of experience who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and parenting concerns. She takes a warm, down-to-earth approach and aims to help clients find practical steps that restore energy and joy. Her style is encouraging and straightforward, with room for hard conversations and a few laughs when appropriate.
Marie uses clear, practical methods to address relationship strain and emotional exhaustion.
Background and approach
Sessions often focus on everyday problems - communication breakdowns, burnout, or coping with life changes - and on small changes that make daily life feel easier. She pairs active listening with problem-solving to keep work focused and useful. Her background includes long experience helping people recover from trauma, grief, and panic attacks.
She also supports those dealing with caregiver stress, workplace challenges, and issues around self-esteem and intimacy. Her work pays attention to both feelings and behaviors so clients can build better routines and stronger relationships. Marie blends client-centered conversations with tools from cognitive behavioral and solution-focused approaches.
She may also use emotionally focused ideas to address closeness and attachment, and she has familiarity with EMDR for trauma-related work. Together with each person she creates goals that fit their life. Sessions are offered by phone, video, live chat, or text messaging to fit different schedules.
Marie practices in South Carolina and conducts therapy in English. If someone wants to start, the typical process is a short matching questionnaire followed by scheduling a session.
What Marie works with
Everything Marie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Marie helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Marie lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Solution-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.
Practical approaches for online parenting and life concerns
Marie often uses client-centered work that focuses on the person's experience in the moment. This means conversations that follow what matters most to the client, helping them feel heard while they name goals and next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is another common element she relies on to identify unhelpful thoughts and build small behavioral changes that reduce anxiety and improve mood.Choosing an approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about which methods fit their goals and preferences and adjust over time. That collaborative process helps tailor the work to issues like parenting stress, relationship strain, grief, or trauma-related symptoms.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video is useful for deeper conversations and nonverbal cues, phone calls are a lower-bandwidth option, and live chat or texting can work well for brief check-ins or written reflection. These options let people fit therapy into busy lives, parent schedules, work breaks, or when travel is difficult.
Questions people ask about Marie
What kinds of concerns does Marie help with?
Marie helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting concerns, relationship strain, grief, trauma and abuse, and job-related stress. She also focuses on self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, and caregiver fatigue.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She offers an encouraging, down-to-earth style that combines listening with practical problem-solving. Sessions balance emotional support and actionable steps to reduce daily strain.
What is her clinical background?
She brings 25 years of experience working with people facing a wide range of life challenges, including trauma, panic attacks, grief, and workplace issues.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds the credential LMFT and practices in South Carolina as indicated by the SC LMFT listing.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be done via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session based on the therapist's availability.
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