Marie Simpson
Compassionate guidance for stress and life changes
LCSW Kentucky
- Experience
- 25 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Parenting
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Marie
Marie Simpson is a licensed clinical social worker in Kentucky with 25 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, trauma, parenting challenges, and depression. She focuses on practical steps that make day-to-day life feel more manageable.
Background and approach
Marie aims to listen carefully and treat people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. She uses a mix of approaches tailored to each person's situation.
Conversations are guided by what the client needs that week and the goals they want to reach. Sessions often include skills you can use between meetings, such as strategies for managing panic, ways to handle overwhelming feelings, and clearer ways to communicate with others.
Marie incorporates ideas from attachment work to help people understand patterns in close relationships. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people focus on values and take small meaningful actions.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are used when clients want specific tools for changing thought and behavior patterns. Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns, including postpartum depression, grief after separation, caregiver stress, blended family tensions, and recovery from abuse.
She helps people facing life changes find steady ground and cope with guilt, shame, or control issues. Marie emphasizes collaboration in building a plan that fits each person's life.
She supports clients who want concrete steps, clearer communication, and relief from intense emotions.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Marie blends the Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Attachment-Based Therapy to meet different needs. The Gottman Method focuses on improving communication and reducing conflict in close relationships, using clear skills to handle arguments and rebuild connection. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while taking actions that match their values, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and major life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in how people relate to others and helps clients build more supported ways of connecting.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan as needed. Clients can expect a mixture of conversation, practical exercises, and homework tools chosen together to match preferences and needs.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or an option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick updates, ongoing support between sessions, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These formats make it possible to fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily routines.
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Experience
25+ years
Licensed in
Kentucky
Languages
English