MaRanda Gilmore, LPC

MaRanda Gilmore is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Louisiana with 11 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns, and other life challenges. Her style is down-to-earth and respectful, aiming to help clients feel understood and able to move forward.

MaRanda believes people already have strengths to draw on. Sessions focus on noticing those strengths, setting clear goals, and trying practical steps that make life easier. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside client-centered and emotion-focused ideas to help clients change unhelpful thoughts and better understand their feelings.

Her work often addresses family tensions, parenting strains, and problems tied to attachment and abandonment. She also supports people facing grief, addiction, anger, career transitions, body image concerns, and symptoms of ADHD. Conversations look at patterns, communication, and ways to reduce overwhelm in daily life.

Sessions are collaborative and goal-minded. MaRanda uses solution-focused techniques when clients want short-term plans and CBT strategies when patterns of thinking are getting in the way. Trauma-focused methods are available for people who need focused work on past hurts.

People who choose her can expect straightforward talk, concrete tools to practice between sessions, and a steady focus on what matters most to them. Her approach is practical and compassionate, aimed at helping clients make changes that feel manageable.

Therapeutic approaches and how online therapy fits

MaRanda uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot thought patterns that fuel anxiety or low mood and to try new behaviors that change outcomes. CBT is practical and often focuses on skills you can use between sessions.

She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes understanding each person's experience and building a trusting, supportive relationship. This approach helps clients feel heard while they explore what matters most to them.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. MaRanda will listen to your goals and preferences and then suggest a plan that might combine CBT skills, emotion-focused listening, and short-term solution work. That plan can be adjusted as you progress so it stays relevant to your needs.

Online sessions are available by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for a full conversational session, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or you want a simpler check-in, and text or chat can help with quick reflections or between-session coaching. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and different routines.