Marie Duncan, LMFT

Marie Duncan is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or strained relationships. Her approach is warm and direct, with an emphasis on practical steps that make daily life easier.

She listens without judgment and helps people set clear, realistic goals. Sessions often include looking at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood, trying small changes, and checking what works. She also uses emotion-focused methods to strengthen connection and processing tools for trauma when needed.

Many clients come for help with caregiving stress, aging and geriatric issues, or the isolation that can come with life transitions. She also supports people dealing with grief, intimacy-related concerns, workplace stress, and parenting challenges. Marie mixes problem-solving with supportive coaching so progress feels manageable.

Her style is practical and compassionate. Conversations can include skill practice, brief experiments between sessions, and reflection on patterns that keep problems stuck. She aims to help people regain energy, clarity, and a sense of direction.

To begin, people complete a short questionnaire and arrange a session. Marie works from South Carolina and conducts sessions in English. She encourages those who are ready to take a step forward to schedule and see whether her style fits their needs.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and helping people make their own choices. Online sessions can preserve that conversational, supportive space while guiding goals and next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and actions influence feelings and uses practical exercises to change them; it often includes homework and short in-session skill practice that adapt well to remote conversation. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and name emotions and build stronger connections; it can be used to process difficult feelings and practice new ways of responding in conversations.

Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit, and adjust based on what helps. The work is shared and iterative, not a one-size-fits-all plan.

The main practical benefit of online sessions is fitting therapy into a busy life. Remote work can make scheduling easier and cut travel time so people can keep appointments during a lunch break or between errands. Different session rhythms are possible depending on what the client needs, so confirm the therapist's current session options before booking. The focus remains on making steady, usable progress through conversation, skill practice, and short between-session tasks.