About
- Attachment based work
- CBT techniques
- Gottman informed skills
About Dionne
Dionne Schmidt is a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, practicing in North Carolina with ten years of professional experience. She focuses on relationship and family concerns, intimacy and parenting challenges, and related issues such as stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and adjustment to life changes. Dionne works with adults who are juggling home life, caregiving, and the pressures that come with relationships and parenting.
She frames clients as the experts on their own stories and helps them use their strengths to address problems. Sessions are practical and direct. People can expect to talk through patterns in their relationships and try new ways of responding to recurring conflicts.
Dionne uses approaches that look at how attachments and emotions shape current troubles. She draws on attachment-based ideas to map relationship patterns and on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help name and reorganize emotional responses. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools are used to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that maintain distress.
Her work also reflects methods from the Gottman Method to address communication habits and problem-solving between people, along with narrative and existential ideas when clients want to explore meaning and choices. The result is a practical mix that aims to clarify problems and test changes in everyday life.
She offers help with specific concerns such as ADHD, sleep problems, substance issues, anger, and coping after loss. If you are considering therapy for family or parenting stress, confirm current session options before booking and follow the intake steps to schedule a first appointment.
How sessions work
How Dionne blends relational methods for online sessions
Dionne uses Attachment-Based Therapy to identify how early and current relationship patterns influence feelings and reactions. This approach helps people see repeated interaction cycles and how those patterns keep problems going.She also draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy, which focuses on naming and shifting core emotions that underlie relationship conflicts. EFT can be useful when strong emotions or distance block connection or constructive communication.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dionne will talk with each person about their goals, what feels most helpful, and try interventions that fit the situation. She treats this as a collaborative process where methods are adjusted based on what actually helps.
Session formats were not specified in the provided profile, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments around work, caregiving, or school schedules, allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, and remove the need to travel to an office. Licensed professionals often use these practical benefits to help therapy fit everyday life rather than requiring large schedule changes.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
North Carolina
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of relationship or family problems does she address?
Dionne works with adults facing relationship strain, family conflict, intimacy concerns, parenting stress, and related issues such as grief, addiction, and coping with life changes.
How does she approach therapy with clients?
She combines attachment-based ideas, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to map interaction patterns, name emotions, and test new behavior in daily life.
How much experience does she have working with these issues?
She has ten years of professional work experience supporting adults with relationship and family-focused concerns.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is an LMFT - a licensed marriage and family therapist - licensed in North Carolina.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as specific formats were not listed in the profile provided.
How are fees handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin the process of scheduling a session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule your first session.
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