Marquita Wooley, LPC

Marquita Wooley is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 17 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and self-esteem concerns using clear, practical methods. Marquita builds a calm, respectful space where people can talk and work at their own pace.

She trained in counseling psychology and holds the LPC credential. Her background includes work in community mental health, hospitals, acute and residential settings, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient care, and private practice. That variety gives her experience with different levels of need and short- or longer-term care.

Marquita uses a person-centered attitude combined with evidence-informed tools. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is part of her approach, alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques when useful. She adapts these methods to each person rather than following one fixed plan.

She has worked with military populations, veterans, and civilians and has a long history with multicultural counseling. Marquita also addresses caregiver stress, aging and geriatric issues, postpartum depression, and a broad range of relationship and life concerns such as communication, jealousy, infidelity, and commitment issues.

Sessions aim to identify practical steps you can use between meetings. Marquita focuses on clear goals, coping skills, and improving daily routines like sleep and stress management. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassionate support as people make changes at their own pace.

Using CBT and ACT online to manage mood and stress

Marquita commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes that reduce anxiety and depression. CBT focuses on practical exercises and homework that can be done between sessions to build new routines and better coping skills.

She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult feelings without getting stuck in them and to clarify personal values that guide action. Client-centered techniques ensure sessions follow each person's pace and priorities, with the therapist listening and reflecting rather than directing. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together; Marquita will discuss methods and tailor them to your goals and preferences in a collaborative way.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow longer therapeutic conversation, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people check in between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and keep progress consistent even when life gets hectic.