Dr. Marguerite Allen
Compassionate practical help for parents
- Credentials
- LCMHC
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed in
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Marguerite
Dr. Marguerite Allen greets worried parents with calm, practical support. She focuses on stress, anxiety, grief, parenting, relationships, addictions, and mood concerns.
Her style is straightforward and goal-oriented, with attention to how day-to-day routines and family rhythms affect wellbeing. Dr. Allen holds a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor credential - NC LCMHC S7551.
She earned a Doctor of Ministry in Christian Counseling plus earlier degrees in psychology and behavioral studies.
Background and approach
With 25 years of experience, she draws on a range of methods to match each person’s needs. In sessions she listens first, then offers steps you can try between meetings. Techniques often come from cognitive behavioral therapy - helping people notice and change unhelpful thoughts - and dialectical behavior therapy - teaching skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
She also uses client-centered and solution-focused ideas to keep work practical and focused on immediate goals. Dr. Allen offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit busy family schedules.
Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time and vary in cost based on location and therapist availability. To begin, clients use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability. Sessions are offered in English and are provided from North Carolina.
Therapeutic approaches for online family and parenting support
Dr. Allen commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy in online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people spot thoughts that make stress worse and practice different ways of thinking and acting. It is useful for anxiety, low mood, panic, and many daily challenges. Dialectical behavior therapy teaches concrete skills for managing strong emotions, tolerating distress, and improving communication, which can help when family tensions run high.She also draws from client-centered and solution-focused ideas to keep sessions practical and collaborative. The therapist will work with each person to figure out which approach fits best. That choice is shaped by goals, the problem at hand, and the client’s preferences, and it can change over time as progress is made.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family routines, allow quick check-ins between meetings, and let people use the format that feels most comfortable. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and skills training to these formats so therapeutic work remains focused and usable in everyday life.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
Next step
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