Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Marie works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- MD, LCPC
- Licensed in
- Maryland
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Marie
Dr. Marie Isom uses a person-centered approach to help people manage strong emotions and life stress. She draws on practical tools from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness therapies.
Dr. Isom is an MD and a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, and she has eight years of independent practice experience within a 19-year career in mental health. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and low self-esteem.
She also supports those facing career challenges, grief, parenting strain, and anger.
Background and approach
Her approach is respectful and down-to-earth, focused on clear steps people can try between sessions. In sessions she builds a plan that fits each person’s situation and goals. That can include looking at unhelpful thinking patterns, practicing simple mindfulness skills, and setting small achievable actions.
She uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques to keep work concrete and goal-oriented. People who seek her out often want practical ways to cope with trauma, compassion fatigue, ADHD-related struggles, or relationship and family problems. She also addresses issues like attachment concerns, impulsivity, hoarding, and obsessive-compulsive behaviors by breaking challenges into manageable parts.
Her style is warm and collaborative. She encourages clients to name priorities and to try approaches that match their values. Dr.
Isom works in Maryland and offers multiple online options for sessions to fit different schedules.
What Marie works with
Everything Marie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Marie's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Marie lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- 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.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building understanding so the client’s goals guide each session. Online, this means conversations shaped around what matters most to the person and adjusting pace and tasks to their needs.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. CBT works well online because exercises, thought records, and behavior experiments can be assigned between video or messaging sessions.
Mindfulness Therapy brings attention to the present moment through simple practices like breathing and grounding. Those exercises are easy to introduce over phone or video and can be practiced in short bursts using text reminders or live coaching.
Choosing the right combination of approaches is part of the first sessions. The therapist collaborates with each person to match methods to goals, preferences, and the issues they bring, revising the plan as needed.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and real-time skills practice. Phone can fit a quick check-in or lower bandwidth needs. Live chat and text work well for brief updates, short coaching, or when written reflection feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy schedules.
Questions people ask about Marie
What concerns does she address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, low self-esteem, anger, and related issues like trauma, grief, and caregiver stress.
What is her therapy style like?
She uses a person-centered style combined with cognitive behavioral and mindfulness techniques to keep sessions practical and focused on change.
How much experience does she have?
She has eight years in independent practice and a total of 19 years working in the mental health field.
Where is she based and what credentials does she hold?
She practices in Maryland and holds an MD and is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC).
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for different needs and schedules.
How are fees and scheduling handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; to start, select the Start Therapy button and complete the short matching questionnaire.