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Darlene Goines, LPC

  • Experience18 years
  • LocationLouisiana
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Relationship
  • Therapy approachesClient-Centered Therapy and Motivational Interviewing
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About Darlene

Darlene Goines is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Louisiana who emphasizes client-centered care shaped by 18 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship and family challenges, parenting concerns, grief, and ADHD-related struggles while supporting growth around self-esteem and intimacy.

Background and approach

Her work also addresses anger, compassion fatigue, and major life transitions. Her style is personalized and collaborative, drawing on motivational interviewing to strengthen clients' motivation for change and solution-focused techniques to build practical steps toward goals.

This combination supports people who want clear strategies as well as those seeking a reflective, empathetic space to process difficult emotions. She also attends to varied concerns such as caregiver stress, blended family dynamics, fertility and forgiveness issues, and body image or control-related struggles.

Practicing in Louisiana under license LA LPC 4048, she offers multiple online session formats to fit different needs. Prospective clients who are ready to begin can follow the intake steps to match with her and schedule appointments according to her availability.

Integrating client-centered care with practical online support



Client-Centered Therapy places the client’s experience at the heart of sessions, prioritizing empathy, active listening, and respect so individuals can explore feelings and discover their own solutions. This approach is helpful for people seeking a supportive environment to work through self-esteem, grief, relationship, and identity concerns.

Motivational Interviewing focuses on enhancing a person’s internal motivation to change by exploring ambivalence and strengthening commitment to personal goals. It often complements work on habit change, coping with life transitions, and addressing challenges like ADHD-related difficulties where small, sustainable steps matter.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and she collaborates with clients to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative planning helps shape sessions so they feel both relevant and manageable.

Online therapy with this practice offers flexible options including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different schedules and communication styles. These formats can make it easier to maintain continuity of care during life changes, balance family or work obligations, and access support from wherever the client is located within the therapist’s service area.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she commonly address?
Darlene works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, parenting challenges, grief, self-esteem, intimacy-related concerns, anger, compassion fatigue, coping with life changes, and ADHD.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach centers on the client and incorporates motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques to combine empathetic listening with practical goal-setting.
What is her professional background?
She brings 18 years of clinical experience working with individuals through a wide range of emotional, relational, and life transition issues.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is licensed in Louisiana and holds the credential LA LPC 4048.
Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are provided in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Clients may meet with her through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to choose the format that fits their needs.
How are fees and cancellations handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are billed through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsParenting issuesSelf esteem

Also works with

GriefIntimacy-related issuesAnger managementCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisMulticultural concernsNarcissismPrejudice and discriminationSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

18+ years

Licensed

Louisiana

Languages

English