Marguerite Wilcox , LCSW

Marguerite Wilcox is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 33 years of experience. She centers her practice on cognitive and behavioral approaches while keeping sessions simple and focused on everyday change. She talks with people about stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, and issues tied to relationships and parenting.

Her work emphasizes mindful awareness and practical skills. She blends client-centered listening with techniques that look at thoughts and actions. That often includes short exercises and homework between sessions to track progress and build new habits.

Marguerite has supported people coping with grief, compassion fatigue, career shifts, and intimacy concerns. She also addresses body image, codependency, blended family issues, and struggles linked to bipolar disorder and ADHD. Her approach is hands-on and goal oriented, with attention to how behavior affects the people around someone.

She explains therapy in plain terms and invites collaboration. Clients help shape their goals and suggest what feels most useful in sessions. Marguerite encourages small steps and steady practice rather than sudden change.

Sessions may include breathing and mindfulness exercises, cognitive strategies to shift unhelpful thinking, and DBT-style skills when emotion regulation is needed. She often assigns brief between-session tasks to deepen learning and document growth. Her focus is on making therapy a workable part of daily life for people in Louisiana and beyond.

Approaches that translate well to online therapy

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and supporting the client’s own goals. The therapist follows the person’s lead, reflects what they say, and helps people clarify what they want to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts and actions and teaches practical tools to change unhelpful thinking and behavior for issues like anxiety and depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, offers skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication when feelings run high.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences and then try techniques that fit those needs. Together they will adjust methods over time - shifting toward more skills practice or more reflective listening as progress and comfort grow.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual connection helps. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and fit brief check-ins or times when being on camera isn’t needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick check-ins, journaling exercises, or ongoing skill practice between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while still using CBT, DBT, and client-centered work effectively.