Darlene Goines, LPC

Darlene Goines is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor in Louisiana with 18 years of clinical experience. She focuses on common life stresses and relationship difficulties, including anxiety, parenting concerns, grief, and issues often found in blended families.

She works with people who are juggling role changes, communication breakdowns, or caregiving strain. Sessions address practical problems like handling anger, coping with major life changes, or managing ADHD-related stress. Darlene also helps people who are dealing with intimacy-related concerns, self-esteem struggles, or the fallout from separation and divorce.

Her sessions tend to be straightforward and goal-focused. She uses client-centered methods to listen and prioritize what matters most to each person. Motivational interviewing helps when someone is deciding on a change or needs clearer personal goals.

Solution-focused work is used to identify small steps that lead to noticeable improvements. That approach can be useful when someone wants concrete strategies for communication problems, commitment worries, or blended household tensions. Darlene draws on nearly two decades of experience to adapt these approaches to the situation presented.

People often come for help with family of origin issues, abandonment worries, fertility and caregiver stress, or coping after a disaster. She addresses these topics in short, practical conversations that aim to make daily life easier and more manageable.

Sessions are provided in English and based in Louisiana. Prospective clients who want to proceed are asked to use the site's online intake flow to complete a brief questionnaire and schedule a first appointment.