About Marion
Marion Saulque is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) practicing in Washington. She left a career as an automotive mechanic to retrain in counseling in her early 40s, and now brings three years of clinical experience to her work. Marion combines straightforward talk with a touch of humor to make difficult topics easier to face.
Her background includes supporting people dealing with addictions, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and post-traumatic stress.
Background and approach
Marion has worked alongside women in shelters and in substance use treatment, which shaped her understanding of trauma and survival. She identifies as Native American and brings a spiritual perspective to her practice. Marion’s style is client-centered and practical.
She focuses on small, manageable steps and aims to teach two skills each week that people can try between sessions. She describes herself as open-minded and nonjudgmental and pays attention to multicultural concerns. In sessions she draws from several approaches.
Marion uses cognitive behavioral ideas to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. She also uses mindfulness practices to help reduce stress and improve self-awareness. Marion has been working with EMDR and internal family systems concepts recently as additional tools.
Marion helps people work through relationship strain, grief, parenting stress, issues around sexuality and LGBT concerns, codependency, and control issues. She also supports people coping with life changes, anger, shame, and recovery from sexual assault or domestic violence. Her work centers on practical skills, steady support, and respect for each person’s culture and values.
How Marion's Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy puts the person’s needs and goals first. It focuses on listening, empathy, and supporting each person to find their own solutions. This helps when people feel stuck, unsure, or judged and want a steady, respectful guide.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It breaks problems into small, clear steps and is often used for anxiety, depression, panic, and mood challenges. In online sessions, CBT homework can be assigned and reviewed between meetings.
Mindfulness practices teach simple exercises to lower stress and increase awareness of thoughts and feelings. These skills can be practiced briefly each day and discussed during sessions to track progress and tweak exercises.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Marion will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which tools to try and adjust the plan as needed based on what helps.
Online therapy offers practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when less bandwidth is available or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and skill practice convenient between appointments. These options let people fit therapy into work, school, or family schedules while keeping continuity of care.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English