Marguerite Elkins, LMFT

Marguerite Elkins is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 15 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She works with individuals facing depression, bipolar mood concerns, grief, anger, and the fallout of trauma. Her first goal is to help people feel steadier and more able to handle day-to-day life.

She uses practical, skills-based approaches in sessions. That may include tools from cognitive behavioral work to help change unhelpful thinking, mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity, and skills drawn from dialectical behavior therapy to improve emotion regulation. She also draws on eye movement desensitization and reprocessing methods and solution-focused strategies when appropriate.

Clients who come to her often want straightforward steps to manage panic, improve self-esteem, or cope with major life changes. Sessions typically include talking through recent struggles, learning small skills to try between visits, and checking progress over time. The therapist also supports people dealing with chronic illness, body image concerns, attachment and abandonment wounds, and issues stemming from family of origin or first responder and veteran experiences.

Marguerite holds a Tennessee LMFT, which means she is licensed as a marriage and family therapist in Tennessee. She practices in English and has worked with people affected by sexual assault, domestic violence, and disaster-related stress.

To begin, people are invited to select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Many clients benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy because it focuses on spotting thought patterns and testing them with real-life experiments. CBT helps with anxiety, panic, low mood, and stress by teaching clear steps to change reactions and behaviors.

Dialectical behavior therapy offers practical skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. DBT skills often include grounding, distress tolerance, and emotion regulation techniques that can be practiced between sessions.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing is used to help people process traumatic memories and reduce their emotional intensity. EMDR sessions typically involve guided attention techniques paired with talking through difficult memories to lessen their hold over daily life.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level, and adjustments are made as progress is tracked.

Confirm current session options before booking since specific formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people use tools learned in sessions in their normal environments. Licensed professionals can discuss which session rhythm and format will best fit daily life during your first scheduling steps.