Nanine "Marie" Dickson, LPC, LMHC

Nanine "Marie" Dickson is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and related concerns. She brings a calm, practical approach and focuses on clear next steps that people can use between sessions.

Marie has a background in education and counseling. She holds a master’s degree in Education and Counseling and has 12 years of clinical counseling experience. Her prior work in education shaped how she explains things plainly and breaks skills into usable parts.

Her approach centers on identifying choices and strengths. She often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts, test them, and try new behaviors. She also draws on client-centered ideas to support each person’s goals and pace.

Sessions tend to focus on practical problem solving. Marie works with people on issues such as addiction, grief, parenting strain, career stress, and coping with life changes. She helps people build routines, practice small experiments, and track what works.

She pays attention to attachment and trauma-related patterns when those issues come up. That work looks at how early relationships affect current reactions and then practices different ways of relating and responding.

Overall, Marie aims to make therapy straightforward and useful. She helps people leave sessions with a clear next step and a sense of how to try new choices in daily life.

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions

Nanine "Marie" Dickson often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts, test them, and try new actions that change feelings and behavior. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress when practical steps and experiments are needed.

She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationship patterns affect current reactions. That work helps people notice recurring patterns in connection and practice different ways of relating. In addition, her client-centered approach focuses on following each person's pace and goals, so the sessions are guided by what matters most to the client.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Marie will talk with clients about goals and preferences and then pick or combine methods that fit. She frames therapy as a team effort where adjustments are made based on what helps most.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video is helpful for in-depth conversations and behavioral practice, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging suits quick check-ins or ongoing support between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping focus on practical tools and progress.