About Lindsay
Lindsay DeMarlie greets people with warmth and practical care. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) in Iowa and Illinois, and she draws on ten years of clinical experience. Lindsay focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, and concerns around identity and self-esteem.
She uses plain, goal-oriented work in sessions. Lindsay listens first, and then helps clients set specific, realistic steps to reduce distress and build skills.
How Lindsay works
She also supports people dealing with relationship strain, eating concerns, bipolar mood shifts, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Lindsay blends several approaches to match each person’s needs. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take meaningful action.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and change them. Mindfulness and Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools are used to build emotional tolerance and better coping skills. Her background includes extensive trauma work addressing childhood and adult trauma, including abuse and domestic violence.
She incorporates a trauma-informed stance in sessions and pays attention to safety, pacing, and rebuilding trust in small steps. Sessions are collaborative and nonjudgmental. Lindsay aims to create a steady, practical space where people can practice new skills between meetings and track small improvements over time.
Lindsay lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Lindsay works with
The areas below are the ones Lindsay selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, LISW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Iowa |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take action toward those values even when feelings are hard. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and situations where motivation and values feel unclear. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-world experiments to change behavior and mood. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and managing stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills and mindfulness practices teach emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal communication for intense emotions and relationship strain.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and past experiences and then try methods that fit. If something does not feel helpful, adjustments are made together so therapy stays practical and aligned with what a person wants to achieve.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect. Video calls let therapists observe nonverbal cues and run structured skill-building sessions. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, tracking progress, or practicing skills between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and continue work from different locations.
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