About Miriam
Miriam Werquin is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She uses a calm, steady style and aims to make the first step into therapy feel less daunting. Miriam speaks plainly and focuses on practical ways to manage difficult thoughts and feelings.
She draws on five years of master's level professional experience in clinical settings in Louisiana. Miriam helps people build confidence, increase motivation, and cope with life stage transitions.
How Miriam works
She also supports those dealing with addiction, grief, relationship challenges, parenting strain, and attention differences. In sessions Miriam encourages honest conversation about thoughts and emotions. She listens first, then offers skills and exercises to try between meetings.
Her approach blends acceptance work, mindfulness, and practical thinking strategies to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. Miriam also addresses more specific concerns such as body image, caregiver stress, abandonment, and eating-related issues. She works with people who face co-occurring problems like bipolar symptoms or substance use and helps them prioritize what matters most in treatment.
Therapy with Miriam is collaborative. She partners with each person to set realistic goals, practice new ways of coping, and track progress over time. The focus is on small, achievable changes that add up to a more steady, manageable life.
Miriam lists 10 ways of working on the entry:
What Miriam works with
The areas below are the ones Miriam 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
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| 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
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and learning to live alongside difficult thoughts rather than fighting them. It can help with anxiety, depression, and the stress of life transitions by teaching manageable actions that match what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is useful for anxiety, mood concerns, and coping skills practice. Mindfulness Therapy emphasizes present-moment awareness through simple practices that reduce reactivity and increase calm, which supports stress reduction and emotion regulation.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Miriam will discuss goals and preferences during early sessions and recommend methods to try. Together the therapist and client track what helps and adjust the plan over time so work feels relevant and achievable.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions let people practice skills in real time and keep face-to-face interaction. Phone work can fit a shorter break or lower bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging support quick check-ins, written reflections, and ongoing encouragement between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives while still working toward measurable change.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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