Marie Hanby

Marie Hanby is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Wisconsin with four years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping women and others who are dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and big life changes. Marie takes a straightforward, compassionate approach and centers the person's own goals and strengths in each session.

She believes people are the experts on their own stories. Sessions focus on identifying strengths and small, practical steps that fit daily life. Marie encourages steady progress rather than quick fixes and aims to make therapy feel like a collaborative effort.

Her background includes work with concerns related to caregiving stress, disaster-related coping, divorce and separation, domestic violence, sexual assault and abuse, and workplace issues. Other areas she attends to are feelings of emptiness, isolation or loneliness, midlife shifts, infidelity, and self-love struggles. That range informs how she tailors conversations to what matters most to each person.

Marie draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy in her work. Those approaches shape how she helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings, clarify values, and build actions that match what they deeply care about. Therapy sessions are conversational and focused on practical outcomes.

If someone is ready to start, Marie asks them to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule based on availability. The subscription used for sessions can be canceled at any time.

How Marie's Approaches Translate to Online Therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It emphasizes clarifying personal values and taking actions that line up with what matters, which can help with anxiety, depression, and major life changes.

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, respect, and creating a space where people feel heard. The therapist follows the person's lead and reflects back what they say to help make sense of emotions and priorities.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Marie will talk with each person about their needs and goals and together decide whether ACT, client-centered work, or a blend makes the most sense. That collaborative planning helps shape practical tasks and goals between sessions.

Confirm the current session options before booking, since formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove travel time so appointments are simpler to keep. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises from ACT and client-centered conversations to an online setting to support steady progress.