Marie Gauley, LMFT

Marie Gauley, LMFT, helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and life changes. She brings 28 years of clinical experience in California to sessions. Her work often addresses relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, substance concerns, and challenges tied to chronic illness or caregiving.

She offers a calm, respectful space where clients can talk through painful memories and everyday struggles. Marie names attachment wounds, guilt, shame, and abandonment as common themes she assists with. She also supports people coping with career shifts, money worries, and finding greater self-love and life purpose.

Her style centers on listening first and working at the client’s pace. Techniques draw from client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral tools, mindfulness skills, narrative questioning, and elements of dialectical behavior work. These approaches are used to build coping skills, reduce overwhelming emotions, and reframe painful stories people tell about themselves.

Marie notes a faith-informed perspective for clients who prefer that lens, and she has experience with older adults and veteran concerns. She emphasizes practical steps - small skill-building and clearer communication - alongside deeper emotional processing.

People who choose her can expect collaborative planning. Goals are set together and adjusted as healing progresses. This approach aims to fit real life needs, whether someone is managing panic attacks, chronic pain, or the fallout from past traumas.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s experience. The therapist follows the client’s lead and helps them find their own solutions, which can be useful for people feeling stuck or unsure of next steps.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions link together. It uses practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and to build different behaviors, often helpful for anxiety, depression, and panic symptoms.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal skills. It supports people who experience intense emotions or impulsive reactions and teaches concrete skills to manage those moments.

Picking the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adjust methods as progress is made. This is a collaborative process that changes over time.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm available session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Some approaches translate well to remote work because they rely on conversations, worksheets, and at-home practice, which can be scheduled to match daily life.