About Marguerite
Marguerite Elkins is a Tennessee licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 15 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, mood disorders, and ADHD. She approaches therapy with practical tools and calm, steady support. Her style aims to help people feel safer in their bodies and clearer about next steps.
She uses a mix of structured and somatic methods. That includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and DBT skills for emotional regulation.
How Marguerite works
She also offers EMDR for people processing traumatic memories and mindfulness practices to improve daily focus and reduce reactivity. Sessions are practical and goal-oriented. Clients can expect a blend of talking, skill practice, and body-aware exercises.
The work is paced to fit each person's needs and tolerances rather than following a rigid agenda. Elkins has supported people coping with abandonment, attachment struggles, body image, chronic pain or illness, and first responder or veteran-related concerns. She also addresses issues like panic attacks, anger, self-esteem, and adjusting to life changes.
Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. People in Tennessee can access her services in English. Getting started involves completing a brief matching questionnaire and scheduling a session based on availability.
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What Marguerite works with
The areas below are the ones Marguerite selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Tennessee |
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Online support options
How specific approaches translate to online care
CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Online sessions use conversation and homework tasks to practice new ways of thinking and responding, which helps with anxiety, depression, panic, and mood symptoms.DBT teaches skills for regulating intense emotions, tolerating distress, and improving relationships. In remote work this often means learning and rehearsing grounding, breathing, and communication skills during video or phone sessions and checking in with short messages between meetings.
EMDR helps people process traumatic memories by pairing focused attention with guided techniques. When delivered online, EMDR sessions are adapted so clients can complete the eye movement or bilateral stimulation exercises while the therapist coaches them through each step.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about symptoms, goals, and preferences, then recommend methods and adjust as needed. That planning happens together rather than being predetermined.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules and varied needs. Video calls provide a full face-to-face experience, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a camera feels uncomfortable, live chat can be useful for quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection and short updates between sessions.
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