About Marie
Dr. Marie Isom uses a client-centered approach to guide people through stress, anxiety, and life transitions. She introduces straightforward, practical steps so conversations feel useful from the first session.
Dr. Isom holds an MD and is a licensed clinical professional counselor - LCPC. She works from Maryland and communicates in English.
Her practice focuses on common struggles such as depression, self-esteem, and career concerns. She also helps people coping with trauma and abuse, grief, sleep problems, parenting stress, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
How Marie works
Relationship and family concerns are part of her caseload, along with issues such as isolation, jealousy, and communication problems. Dr. Isom brings eight years of independent practice experience to her work.
Sessions are shaped collaboratively, so the plan changes as needs and goals change. She mixes practical skills with reflective conversation to build clearer next steps and small experiments between sessions. Her approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Mindfulness techniques are used to reduce reactivity and improve focus. Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy help people identify strengths and set achievable goals. People meet her for short-term problem solving or longer-term work on deeper patterns.
Dr. Isom emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in every session. She supports people as they take the steps toward clearer choices and a more manageable day-to-day life.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | MD, LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maryland |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting rapport, helping people feel heard and shaping sessions around their priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical tools to reduce anxiety and lift mood. Mindfulness Therapy offers simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve sleep and focus.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to test methods that fit their goals and day-to-day life. Together they decide whether to emphasize skill-building, short-term problem solving, or deeper pattern work based on what helps most.
Online formats let people access treatment with more flexibility. Video calls support face-to-face conversation and screen sharing for worksheets or exercises. Phone sessions work when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, coaching-style guidance, or follow-up between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue progress even when regular in-person sessions are difficult.
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