Marylise Zwarts

Marylise Zwarts is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 25 years of experience. She helps people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unable to move past painful memories. Many come for help with relationships, grief, anxiety, trauma, or the strain of life changes. Sessions are offered in English and French and Marylise accepts international clients.

Marylise works in a direct, practical way. She listens first, then collaborates on clear steps to reduce symptoms and build new habits. Expect an approach that blends listening with hands-on techniques aimed at faster improvement rather than long, open-ended therapy.

Her background includes work in community organizations, residential substance programs, mental health institutions, and private practice. Over the years she has supported people coping with substance issues, trauma, eating struggles, and mood problems, among other concerns. That variety informs how she adapts methods to each person’s situation.

Marylise draws on Client-Centered Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and psychodynamic ideas to guide sessions. These approaches are used to process difficult memories, strengthen self-esteem, and change repeating patterns that cause pain.

She emphasizes short-term progress so clients gain relief quickly and then build lasting change. Her goal is to help people regain confidence, feel more independent, and make choices that fit their lives. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and experience. The therapist listens carefully and reflects what she hears so the client feels understood and can make choices that fit their life. This approach helps with self-esteem, relationship issues, and decision-making.

EMDR is a method used to work through distressing memories and the feelings that come with them. In practice it involves guided processing of upsetting memories so those memories feel less overwhelming and intrusive. People often seek this for trauma, nightmares, and intense reactions tied to the past.

Psychodynamic ideas look at patterns that repeat over time, such as how relationships form or how old hurts influence present behavior. This approach helps uncover the roots of recurring problems so people can try new responses and break unhelpful cycles.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Marylise will talk with clients about their goals and preferences and then together decide which methods to use. The plan can change as therapy progresses to match what helps most.

Session logistics should be confirmed before booking because the biography did not list specific online formats. Ask about available options when you schedule. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and make it simpler to keep continuity of care when routines change.