Darlene Goines

Darlene Goines is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Louisiana who focuses on practical, person-centered support. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, and challenges tied to parenting, self-esteem, grief, intimacy, anger, and life changes. She also works with people facing compassion fatigue and ADHD-related struggles.

With 18 years of experience, she aims to make sessions straightforward and useful. Conversations focus on what is happening now and on small steps that make daily life easier. She emphasizes clear communication and tools people can try between sessions.

Darlene draws from client-centered therapy to follow each person’s lead. She uses motivational interviewing to build motivation for change and solution-focused strategies to set short-term goals. These approaches are used together to fit each person’s needs and pace.

Her background includes supporting caregivers, people coping with blended family dynamics, those facing fertility or aging concerns, and people working through abandonment or family of origin issues. She also addresses body image, commitment and control issues, and the aftermath of separation or disaster.

Sessions are offered in English in Louisiana. People who are looking for clear, compassionate help with everyday struggles and eating and food-related issues can expect a steady, respectful partner while they work toward practical changes.

How these approaches translate to online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following a person’s lead, helping people feel heard and understood while working toward what matters most to them. Motivational interviewing helps people sort out ambivalence and build the internal drive to try new things, which can be useful for habits, eating and food-related concerns, or making life changes. Solution-focused therapy zeroes in on small, practical steps and short-term goals that can produce visible progress between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences. That means adapting listening, goal-setting, and motivational strategies so they match what an individual wants to change and how quickly they want to move.

Confirm current session options before booking to learn which online formats are available. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people use techniques and homework between meetings so progress continues outside sessions.