- Years in practice
- 18
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Darlene
Darlene Goines is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 18 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, and parenting concerns. She focuses on real-life problems and practical steps parents can use right away. Her tone is compassionate and direct to make starting therapy less overwhelming.
Darlene works with adults who are juggling family demands, relationship strain, and life changes. She helps people improve communication, set boundaries, and rebuild self-esteem. She also supports caregivers who are exhausted or facing burnout and those coping with grief or loss.
Background and approach
Her style is client-centered, which means conversations start with what matters most to the person in the room. She uses motivational interviewing to help people find reasons to change. She also draws on solution-focused techniques to identify small, doable steps that lead to steady improvement.
Sessions are aimed at solving immediate problems while also building long-term skills. Parents often leave with clearer routines, better ways to talk about tough topics, and strategies for reducing daily stress. For relationship and intimacy concerns she focuses on communication and practical behavior changes rather than theory.
Based in Louisiana, Darlene brings years of hands-on experience to sessions and a straightforward approach that respects each person's pace. People who want concrete tools and a warm listening ear may find her approach helpful as they navigate parenting and family challenges.
What Darlene works with
Everything Darlene lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Darlene helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Darlene lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online support for family life
Darlene uses client-centered therapy to keep conversations focused on what matters most to each person, helping parents and caregivers feel heard and understood. Motivational interviewing is used to help people find their own reasons to make changes and to build commitment for small steps forward. Solution-focused therapy helps identify clear, practical actions that can ease daily stress and improve routines.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and may combine elements from different approaches as needs change. This lets sessions stay practical and tailored to parenting and family concerns.
Online therapy offers several practical advantages for busy families. Video calls let people have fuller conversations and read visual cues, while phone sessions work well for lower bandwidth or when being on camera is not wanted. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, short skill practice, or when scheduling a longer session is difficult. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a workday, a school schedule, or caregiving responsibilities.
Questions people ask about Darlene
What kinds of concerns does she address?
Darlene helps with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, parenting issues, self-esteem, grief, anger, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and related topics such as caregiver stress, communication problems, and divorce.
What is her approach in sessions?
She uses a client-centered stance that listens first, motivational interviewing to support change, and solution-focused techniques to identify practical steps toward goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 18 years of experience working with adults on family, relationship, and life transition issues.
Where is she licensed to practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Louisiana.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What online session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for ongoing work and shorter check-ins.
How does payment and getting started work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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