Marguerite Elkins, LMFT
Tennessee · 15 years in practice
Marguerite Elkins is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) in Tennessee who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, mood disorders, and life changes.
License and registration
- LMFT, Tennessee
- 1122 · expires June 2026
- NPI
- 1386907079 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
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About Marguerite
Marguerite Elkins is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) in Tennessee who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, mood disorders, and life changes. She brings 15 years of clinical experience to conversations about depression, bipolar disorder, panic, and self-esteem. Her first aim is practical relief and clearer next steps for daily life.
Marguerite uses approaches such as EMDR, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness, and solution-focused work.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on skills, coping strategies, and processing difficult memories when needed. She integrates both body-focused and talk-based techniques depending on the person’s needs. Clients can expect a straightforward style that mixes short-term tools with deeper processing.
Work may include identifying unhelpful thinking patterns, building emotion-regulation skills, and using eye movement processing for traumatic memories. The therapist also attends to issues like abandonment, attachment, body image, and chronic illness when they affect daily functioning. Her background includes helping people affected by sexual assault, domestic violence, first responder and veteran concerns, and other trauma-related issues.
She tailors sessions for those coping with loss, guilt, shame, or the fallout of natural or human-caused disasters. Marguerite offers sessions by video, phone, chat, or text messaging. Meetings are arranged through a subscription model that may be canceled at any time.
Sessions are conducted in English and provided to people located in Tennessee.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Marguerite lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Marguerite names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that translate to online therapy
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behavior. Online CBT often includes homework, skill practice, and short exercises to do between sessions and can help with anxiety, depression, and panic symptoms.EMDR uses guided bilateral stimulation alongside memory processing to reduce the emotional charge of painful memories. In video or phone sessions this approach can be paired with soothing grounding techniques and follow-up skills work for trauma and post-traumatic stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to match methods to goals, needs, and comfort. That might mean trying skills-focused work first, then adding memory processing or mindfulness practices if they seem helpful.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules and for people who prefer remote contact. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction when visual cues matter, phone sessions work with low bandwidth or when audio-only is easier, and live chat or text messaging can support quick check-ins, reminders, or brief skills practice between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving routines.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Marguerite work with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, bipolar disorder, depression, anger, low self-esteem, coping with life changes, and ADHD plus related issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Sessions are practical and direct. She mixes short-term skills work with deeper processing when needed.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 15 years of experience working with mood disorders, trauma, and related concerns.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, practicing in Tennessee.
What languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted; services are provided to people in Tennessee.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs.
How are costs and scheduling handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire to schedule.
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