Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
How Darlene works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Louisiana
- Years in practice
- 18
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Darlene
Darlene Goines is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Louisiana who uses client-centered methods to help people manage anger, stress, and relationship struggles. She draws on 18 years of clinical experience to offer steady, practical support for everyday problems. Darlene keeps sessions straightforward.
She listens first, then helps people identify small changes that can reduce tension and improve communication. Her focus areas include anxiety, parenting concerns, caregiver stress, grief, self-esteem, and navigating life transitions.
Background and approach
People often come for help with family conflict, problems tied to work, or difficulty coping after a loss. She also addresses intimacy-related worries, control issues, and trouble with commitment or forgiveness. Anger and managing strong reactions are part of her regular work with clients.
Darlene uses techniques that encourage clients to set clear, realistic goals and build on their own strengths. Motivational Interviewing supports movement toward change, while Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes what works now and next. Client-Centered Therapy sets a respectful, nonjudgmental tone for conversations.
Her style is warm and practical. Sessions aim to teach skills people can use between meetings, such as communication strategies, coping tools, and ways to reframe upsetting thoughts. Darlene helps people practice small steps that lead to clearer thinking and calmer responses.
She offers services by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Work with her begins by filling out a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session that fits your timing.
What Darlene works with
Everything Darlene lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Darlene's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Darlene lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How these approaches work in online sessions
Darlene uses Client-Centered Therapy to make sessions feel respectful and nonjudgmental, focusing on the person’s priorities and pace. That approach helps when someone needs to talk through anger, grief, or relationship worries and wants a compassionate listener.She also uses Motivational Interviewing to support change by helping people weigh options and find their own reasons to try new strategies. This method works well for problems like parenting stress, caregiving fatigue, or getting unstuck after a life change.
Finding the best approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try techniques that seem to fit. If something isn’t helping, she will adjust the plan so the work stays useful and practical.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversations and teaching new skills. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins and need less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share thoughts between sessions and get reminders of techniques when they matter most. These options make it easier to fit work on anger, communication, and coping skills into a busy life.
Questions people ask about Darlene
What issues does she address?
Darlene helps people with stress, anxiety, anger, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, grief, self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, ADHD, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is client-centered and practical, using Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy to set goals and build workable steps toward change.
What kind of experience does she have?
She brings 18 years of experience working with adults on communication problems, caregiver stress, work-related issues, and personal growth challenges.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Louisiana.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English only.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.