Marie Foley
Compassionate support for family and parenting challenges
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed in
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Marie
Marie Foley is a licensed mental health counselor who focuses on family and parenting concerns along with stress, anxiety, and mood issues. She brings 18 years of professional experience in Massachusetts to conversations about depression, self-esteem, motivation, and life transitions. Her approach is practical and straightforward, geared toward parents and caregivers looking for clearer ways to manage daily pressures.
She meets people where they are and aims to build a calm, open space for talking.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize listening first, then small steps that feel doable. The goal is to reduce overwhelm and make everyday routines more manageable for the family system. Marie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques chosen to fit each person’s needs.
She helps identify patterns that keep problems going and teaches tools to change them. Over time the work moves from coping to more confident choices and steadier mood. Conversations can cover grief, trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, ADHD, panic and social anxiety, and relationship stress related to parenting and family life.
She supports clients who want clearer boundaries, better communication, or stronger self-worth. Her style is supportive and empowering. She encourages small, realistic changes and celebrates progress.
Parents and caregivers who prefer a practical, steady guide may find her approach especially helpful.
Approaches for online family and parenting support
Marie uses evidence-based techniques that focus on clear, practical change. One common approach teaches skills for managing anxiety and panic - clients learn simple breathing, grounding, and thought strategies to use in stressful moments. This can help with panic attacks, social anxiety, and daily worry.Another frequent set of techniques targets mood and behavior patterns. These methods help identify unhelpful routines and replace them with small, manageable actions to improve mood and motivation. That work often supports depression, low energy, and parenting burnout.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, preferences, and family routines. Together they check what is helping and adjust the plan as needed.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy parents and caregivers. Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, so people can pick the format that fits their day. This makes it easier to keep continuity of care while juggling work, school, and family tasks. Licensed professionals can adapt tools and exercises to the online format so progress continues between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
Next step
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