Marguerite Elkins, LMFT

Marguerite Elkins is a Tennessee LMFT with 15 years of clinical experience. She works with adults who face stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood challenges, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, low self-esteem, ADHD, and life transitions. Sessions are conducted in English and Marguerite uses a mix of practical therapies to address immediate problems and longer-standing patterns.

Her approach blends several evidence-based methods. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people notice thinking patterns that feed anger or anxiety and then change those patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal responses. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is part of her toolkit for processing traumatic memories that contribute to flashbacks, panic, or chronic irritability.

Marguerite believes in working with what’s happening now and what led to it. She uses solution-focused techniques to set clear, short-term goals and mindfulness practices to help people slow down and notice triggers. In sessions she may combine skill teaching, targeted processing, and practical planning to reduce reactivity and build new habits.

Her additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment concerns, body image, chronic pain and illness, first responder and veteran issues, family of origin patterns, domestic violence, sexual assault and related trauma, and coping after disasters. She describes therapy as collaborative and goal-oriented, with attention to both symptoms and day-to-day functioning.

To begin, prospective clients are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Cost varies by location and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

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