About Madeline
Madeline Cohen is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) practicing in North Carolina. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting strains, and low self-esteem. Her style is direct, compassionate, and focused on practical steps people can use between sessions.
Madeline draws on 15 years of experience to tailor sessions to each person's needs. She uses tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing to address both current struggles and deeper patterns.
How Madeline works
Sessions are aimed at clearer thinking, steadier emotions, and more workable day-to-day habits. In therapy she emphasizes simple, clear goals that reflect what the client wants to change. Conversations mix real-time problem solving with exercises that build emotional awareness and tolerance.
For trauma-related concerns she integrates pacing, grounding, and processing techniques suited to each person's readiness. She also supports people dealing with blended family issues, body image dissatisfaction, chronic illness and pain, codependency, divorce and separation, and family of origin concerns. Madeline helps people who wrestle with guilt, shame, impulsivity, or questions about life purpose and midlife shifts.
Sessions are offered in English and Madeline sees clients both in North Carolina and internationally through online formats. Her approach balances practical skill building and relational work so clients can move toward changes they can notice in daily life.
Madeline lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Madeline works with
The areas below are the ones Madeline selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How her approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking small, meaningful actions. It helps with anxiety, stress, and life transitions by teaching acceptance of difficult thoughts alongside value-driven behavior. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people understand how early connections affect current reactions and bonds. It is useful for attachment issues, relationship patterns, and family of origin concerns. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a paced method for processing traumatic memories and reducing their emotional intensity; it is often used for post-traumatic stress and other trauma-related distress.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Madeline collaborates with each person to match methods to their history, goals, and comfort level. That means trying approaches gently, checking in on how they feel, and adjusting the plan as needed so progress fits the client’s pace.
Online therapy lets people use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what suits their day. Video is helpful for full sessions and emotional work, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can fit quick check-ins or brief coaching between sessions. These options offer flexible scheduling and make it easier to keep therapy consistent when life is busy.
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