About Marie
Marie Gauley is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with 28 years of clinical work. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, addictions, and problems with intimacy and relationships. She uses straightforward, person-focused methods that aim to make therapy feel clear and doable.
Sessions often focus on practical ways to manage panic, cope with life changes, improve self-esteem, and handle guilt or shame. Conversations move at the clients pace and center on real-life changes clients want to make.
How Marie works
Her background includes long experience with trauma-related concerns and post-traumatic stress. She also supports people dealing with caregiver strain, chronic pain or illness, and the emotional effects of aging. Marie pays attention to attachment and abandonment issues when these come up in therapy.
Therapy blends talk-based work with skills practice. Marie draws on client-centered ideas to follow what matters most to each person. She also uses cognitive-behavioral tools to shift unhelpful thoughts and dialectical behavior strategies for managing intense feelings.
Clients find the approach practical: build skills, try small changes, and review what helps. Marie aims to help people find clearer direction, greater self-compassion, and better ways to manage stress and relationships.
Marie lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Marie works with
The areas below are the ones Marie 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
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 28 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches and online care that fit your life
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following what matters most to the person, helping people feel heard and guiding conversations toward the changes they want. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical techniques to reduce anxiety, depression, and panic. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, offers skills for managing intense emotions, improving tolerance for distress, and strengthening communication.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods to try and adjusts the plan based on progress and preferences. That teamwork helps shape goals and keeps therapy relevant to everyday life.
Online therapy offers several ways to connect. Video calls let people have full conversations face to face. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging provide shorter check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep continuity while juggling work, caregiving, or other commitments.
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