Marylise Zwarts, LMHC

Marylise Zwarts is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) who focuses on helping people navigate relationship struggles, trauma, grief, anxiety, and addictions. She speaks English and French and works with adults who want practical change and relief from painful patterns. Her style aims to get results without making the process more complicated than it needs to be.

Marylise frames therapy as a collaborative effort. She listens to what matters to each person and helps set clear, achievable goals. In sessions she combines talking, focused processing, and practical tools so clients can notice progress quickly and use new skills between meetings.

Her background includes 25 years of clinical work in a variety of settings. That experience includes residential substance abuse programs, mental health institutions, nonprofit organizations, and private practice. She has supported people dealing with difficult memories, compulsive behaviors, grief, and long-standing patterns that interfere with daily life.

Marylise uses approaches that include client-centered techniques, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, and psychodynamic methods. She adapts the mix to each person’s situation, aiming for steady improvements and concrete steps forward. Sessions may focus on processing past events, changing unhelpful habits, or building stronger self-regard.

Marylise asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire to begin. The practice accepts international clients and offers scheduling according to therapist availability. Costs vary by location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and following each person's concerns. Online sessions using this approach prioritize your goals and pace, with the therapist reflecting what matters most and helping you find your own solutions.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is a method used to process distressing memories and reduce their emotional impact. In online sessions EMDR techniques are adapted so people can work through upsetting memories and reduce nightmares or intrusive thoughts when appropriate.

Psychodynamic therapy looks at patterns that started in the past and continue to affect current relationships and feelings. Online work can help uncover those patterns and try different ways of relating that feel better day to day.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide whether to focus on processing memories, changing behaviors, or exploring underlying patterns.

Confirm the current session options before booking, since formats are not listed exhaustively here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow more flexible scheduling during work breaks or travel. Talk with the therapist about what practical setup will work best for your needs.