About MaRanda
MaRanda Gilmore is a licensed professional counselor in Louisiana with 11 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical support for people facing relationship stress, family conflict, intimacy struggles, anxiety, and life transitions. MaRanda keeps language simple and direct so parents can read easily on a phone and decide if she might be a fit.
Her approach begins by listening to each person's story and finding strengths to build on.
How MaRanda works
Sessions tend to center on clear goals, steady skill-building, and honest conversation. She uses tools that help people manage stress, cope with grief, and address patterns that get in the way of connection. MaRanda works with issues such as addictions, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, anger, low self-esteem, and career stress.
She also addresses concerns like abandonment, attachment wounds, blended family challenges, and communication problems. She blends straightforward problem-solving with attention to emotional experience. Her training as an LPC means she draws on structured strategies and relationship-focused methods to guide sessions.
Clients can expect a balance of practical steps and empathic listening. MaRanda aims to make therapy feel like a collaborative effort rather than a lecture. She offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
People who want to begin can start by completing an online matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that works with the therapist's calendar.
MaRanda lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What MaRanda works with
The areas below are the ones MaRanda selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Louisiana |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person's perspective and building on their strengths. This approach helps people feel heard and guides the therapist to tailor support around what matters most to the client.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, uses practical exercises to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and coping with life changes because it gives concrete skills to practice between sessions.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and express important feelings that affect relationships. It can be useful for resolving intimacy problems and improving communication by focusing on emotional patterns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, symptoms, and personal preferences to decide together which methods to prioritize. That collaborative planning helps shape a clear path and ongoing adjustments as progress unfolds.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can fit into a work break, live chat is useful for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing notes and updates. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while still using evidence-based methods.
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