About Dionne
Dionne Schmidt is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in North Carolina. She brings ten years of clinical experience to conversations about relationships, parenting, and life changes. Dionne listens for patterns in how people connect and helps them name what feels stuck.
She often works with concerns like stress and anxiety, ADHD-related struggles, addictions, grief, and issues with intimacy. She also supports people facing depression, bipolar mood challenges, and trouble sleeping.
Background and approach
Dionne addresses practical problems such as communication breakdowns, control issues, blended family dynamics, and fatherhood concerns. Her approach looks at how attachment and emotional patterns shape behavior. She draws on techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and the Gottman Method to help people change unhelpful habits and rebuild trust.
She keeps sessions focused and actionable so people leave with clear next steps. Dionne treats issues related to family of origin, forgiveness, guilt, and shame while holding attention to safety and boundaries. She also offers support around fertility stress, divorce and separation, and recovery from domestic violence and substance problems.
People meet Dionne for straightforward guidance, skill practice, and a steady presence during difficult transitions. She encourages clients to use their own strengths while trying new ways of relating and coping.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and communication. This approach helps people notice patterns of closeness and distance and practice new ways to connect during everyday interactions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on changing thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It is useful for managing anxiety, stress, mood challenges, and sleep problems through clear exercises and small experiments between sessions.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy concentrates on emotions under the surface of conflicts and helps partners or individuals name feelings and respond differently. It is often chosen for intimacy issues, trust rebuilding, and stronger emotional attunement.
Choosing the right approach happens together. The therapist will listen to your goals, try methods that fit your situation, and adjust based on what helps. That collaboration makes it easier to find practical techniques you can use outside sessions.
Online sessions offer several ways to work: video calls for visual connection and interactive work, phone sessions when bandwidth or hands-free time is needed, and live chat or text-based messaging for brief check-ins or ongoing support. These options make therapy more flexible around work, caregiving, and busy schedules while keeping the focus on skill building and real-life change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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