- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- Client-centered care
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
About Mariel
Dr. Mariel Moore is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor in Alabama with eight years of counseling experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, parenting challenges, career questions, and related issues. She also supports people coping with bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and concerns connected to aging, attachment, body image, and blended families.
Moore uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside client-centered and cognitive behavioral approaches. Sessions focus on identifying emotions, clarifying patterns in relationships, and building skills that help people respond differently to hard feelings. She also integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and existential ideas when they fit the work.
Her background includes inpatient and outpatient substance use counseling and work with physician-referred patients managing serious illness. She holds a PhD in Family Therapy and draws on that training when addressing family dynamics and parenting concerns. She emphasizes cooperation in setting goals and tracking progress from session to session.
In practice she uses individual treatment plans and draws from current research to keep sessions practical and relevant. People usually set goals together and work on skills between meetings. Her approach is centered on listening, guided reflection, and helping clients notice and shift patterns that keep them stuck.
Sessions address common life transitions, grief, communication problems, commitment issues, hoarding, and coping after disasters. She conducts work that includes support for LGBT concerns and helps people manage career and self-esteem challenges.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on emotions and attachment patterns. It helps people notice the feelings that drive their interactions and experiment with different ways of connecting and responding in relationships.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) supports clearer values and flexible action. It helps people accept difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing behaviors that match their priorities.
Client-Centered Therapy puts the person's experience at the center of sessions. The therapist listens closely and follows the client's pace while helping them clarify goals and next steps.
Finding the right approach is usually a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options and try methods that fit the client's goals, needs, and preferences rather than insisting on a single style. Over a few sessions a clearer plan typically emerges.
The original profile does not list which online session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, use shorter check-ins when needed, lower travel time, and let people join from different locations. Licensed professionals commonly adapt EFT, ACT, and client-centered methods to the online setting so clients can continue practical skill work and emotional processing without changing the therapeutic focus.
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Experience
8+ years
Listed in
Alabama
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, parenting, career issues, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy with client-centered and cognitive behavioral approaches. She emphasizes cooperative goal setting and practical skills work.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eight years of counseling experience and additional years working in inpatient and outpatient substance use settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - practicing in Alabama.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are used?
The original profile does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to get started?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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