Marlene Hood
Calm, practical support for parents and adults
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Marlene
Marlene Hood centers her work on a simple message: it is okay not to be okay. She offers calm, steady support while people sort through stress, anxiety, grief, or major life changes. Marlene is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, who speaks English and practices from Texas.
Her approach is practical and person-focused, helping people build skills they can use day to day. She has five years as an LPC and nearly two decades of experience as a Texas and Louisiana certified school counselor.
Background and approach
That background gave her hands-on work with crisis intervention, behavior plans, and safety assessments in school settings. Those years shaped how she responds to sudden problems and emotional overwhelm. Marlene uses client-centered therapy, which means sessions follow the needs a person brings.
She listens without judgment and helps clients name what matters most. From there she and the client try small, doable steps to reduce distress and improve coping. She commonly supports people facing anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, anger, parenting challenges, and grief.
Marlene also offers guidance around coping with major life transitions. Her style is direct but warm, focused on teaching skills and building confidence. To begin a working relationship, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules sessions.
Therapy subscriptions can be canceled at any time and sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
Client-centered care adapted for online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person in front of the therapist. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and follows the client’s pace. This approach helps with anxiety, depression, self-esteem issues, grief, and coping with life changes by making space for each person’s experience.Marlene’s school counseling background also influences her online approach. She brings experience with crisis response and practical planning, which can help when immediate worries or safety concerns arise. In sessions she helps people create small concrete steps to manage stress and difficult feelings.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. She will work together with clients to see what feels most helpful and adjust methods as goals change. That means trying strategies, checking in, and choosing what to keep based on what helps the client move forward.
Online therapy offers flexibility and easier access to regular support. Video calls let people meet face to face from home, while phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging provide options for shorter check-ins or when schedules are tight. These formats make it simpler to maintain continuity of care around parenting responsibilities and busy days.
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.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
Next step
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