Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Rosemary works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Tennessee
- Years in practice
- 11
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Rosemary
Rosemary Maltese is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Tennessee with 11 years of experience. She offers a warm, person-focused approach that centers on where each person is now and what they hope to change. Rosemary helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, anger, and parenting challenges.
Her style is practical and goal-oriented while remaining compassionate and steady. Her work draws on client-centered therapy to follow each person's lead and build on their strengths.
Background and approach
She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. For people who have experienced trauma or struggle with intense emotions, she brings tools from dialectical behavior therapy and mindfulness to teach emotion regulation and grounding skills. Rosemary has experience helping with relationship struggles, low self-esteem, grief, career questions, and life transitions.
She also supports people dealing with compassion fatigue, ADHD symptoms, and challenges related to adoption, abandonment, or family of origin issues. She frames problems in everyday terms and offers clear, manageable steps to move forward. Sessions tend to focus on understanding what matters most, setting realistic goals, and practicing skills between meetings.
Rosemary works collaboratively to create a plan that fits each person's life and priorities. Many clients find this mix of listening, skills training, and problem-solving helpful when managing anger and everyday stress. She provides services in English and works with people located in Tennessee.
Sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
What Rosemary works with
Everything Rosemary lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Rosemary's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Rosemary lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Online approaches for skill building and trauma work
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, understanding each person's perspective, and building on strengths to set meaningful goals. It helps people who need a supportive space to sort feelings and decide what to try next.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical exercises to shift unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, anger, and stress management. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers specific skills for managing strong emotions, improving distress tolerance, and handling relationship strain; it can be helpful when emotions feel overwhelming.
Rosemary treats finding the right approach as a shared process. She will talk with each person about their goals, try methods that fit their daily life, and adjust the plan as progress is made. Clients and therapist work together to pick skills or strategies that feel useful and realistic.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy week. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone calls can be a simpler way to check in, live chat supports brief problem-solving, and messaging works well for ongoing, between-session support. These options give flexibility to practice skills in real-world moments and keep momentum between meetings.
Questions people ask about Rosemary
What concerns does Rosemary commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, parenting, grief, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, and related concerns like low self-esteem and career questions.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is person-focused and practical. She listens first, sets goals with clients, and teaches measurable skills to manage thoughts and emotions.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 11 years of clinical experience working in varied settings with people facing many life challenges.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC practicing in the state of Tennessee.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Sessions may be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and lifestyles.
How do I start working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.