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If you’re here because you are struggling and you want some help, it is essential to find the therapist that is right for you…
Maybe you’re just tired of feeling stuck or feeling not good enough. Or maybe you’re exhausted to repeat the same patterns, to keep getting into the wrong relationships. Maybe you can’t get over that person you lost…
Maybe you’re looking for help because of disturbing memories that are haunting you, because you can’t take anymore the nightmares, the urges, and the fear. Maybe you feel that nobody understands what you are going through, that nobody can help you to get better NOW !
What if I tell you that therapy can be a fast road to feeling good with yourself? What if I tell you that you can get up in the morning excited about a new day, confident that you’ll make the right choices, happy to face whatever life will be bringing up?
Ok don’t get me wrong: therapy is not miracle. You’re not going to get up tomorrow morning in an ideal world without having to put some effort into getting well.
But if I do my job, and if you do your part, you can quickly feel better and then work your way towards a happy life, whatever that word means to you. Yes, the right therapy with the right person offers incredible breakthroughs, facilitate closure and can lead to a newer version of you !
Now let me tell you more about me. I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology. I have been practicing for fifteen years in France and in the USA as a mental health counselor and fully trained EMDR therapist. I offer my services for individuals and couples, online and face-to-face.
But beyond the academic credentials, I have always believed in the importance to meet people where they are, and where they need help.
As a trauma specialist and EMDR clinician, I practiced in various countries and environments (including not-for-profit organizations, mental health institutions, residential substance abuse programs, private practice), and I got to meet clients experiencing all sorts of emotional and behavioral disorders. I have been counseling patients feeling stuck, underachieved, burnt out, anxious, depressed and unhappy, but also persons who are suffering from overwhelming feelings due to substance abuse, phobia, loss, grief, eating disorders, suicidal ideation, PTSD, trauma and addiction...
I believe that fast progress is a fantastic motivation, so I use my skills and energy towards that goal : I want you to feel better now, so we can work at making you feel good about yourself in any circumstances. I strongly believe that everyone has inner resources to recover from difficult experiences. I am here also to help you reinforce your ego and have a positive perception of yourself.
As therapy is not one size fits all, I use a variety of therapeutic techniques, such as the person-centered approach (Carl Rogers), Cognitive and Behavioral approach (CBT), solution focused brief therapy (SFBT), the psychodynamic approach and EMDR, to guide my clients through a fast healing process.
My ultimate goal ? Help you to embrace your life without needing my help (or any therapy) anymore.
Together we can get you to feel independent, confident and free to make the choices that are right for you.
Additional areas of focus:Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, LGBT, Family conflicts, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Career difficulties, Depression, Coping with life changes, Abandonment, Attachment issues, Caregiver issues and stress, Codependency, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Family of origin issues, Family problems, First responder issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Infidelity, Multicultural concerns, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Post-traumatic stress, Self-love, Sexual assault and abuse, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Workplace issues
Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Psychodynamic Therapy
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Languages
EnglishFrench
License information
FL LMHC MH16940
Reviews
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Marylise Zwarts. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
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Written on Oct 31, 2025 after therapy with Marylise for 3 weeks on issues concerning addictions
I really liked Marylise, it was easy to talk with her and she's really good to pin point things
Written on Oct 27, 2025 after therapy with Marylise for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, eating disorders, self esteem, and coping with life changes
Marylise is an incredible therapist. She is very direct and helpful. She explains things in a way that really push me to think about the best possible outcome, in a way I wouldn’t not have thought of in the past. I really appreciate the time she has dedicated to me and I look forward to working with her again in the future.
Written on Oct 15, 2025 after therapy with Marylise for 4 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, and anger management
she’s a very beautiful soul who offers very sound advice and listens intently. i’m glad I met her. Thank you, Dr Zwarts!
Written on Sep 15, 2025 after therapy with Marylise for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, and sleeping disorders
Great listener
Written on Jun 25, 2025 after therapy with Marylise for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, sleeping disorders, self esteem, career difficulties, and coping with life changes
Marylise is very attentive, helpful and listens to my concerns. I am grateful for her assistance in navigating life
Written on Apr 29, 2025 after therapy with Marylise for 1 year and 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, anger management, and adhd
I know I am gonna feel better right after talking to her, she amazing!
Written on Apr 19, 2025 after therapy with Marylise for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, self esteem, and anger management
Marylise is an excellent therapist. I felt heard and never felt judged. She helped me feel more confident in my relationships and decision making. Highly recommend.
Written on Feb 11, 2025 after therapy with Marylise for 7 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, grief, coping with life changes, and adhd
Friendly intelligent and very helpful got things going fast to resolve my issues
Written on Jan 30, 2025 after therapy with Marylise for 2 weeks on issues concerning addictions, coping with life changes, and coaching
Marylise is by far one therapist that I immediately felt comfortable with and opened up about everything. She’s so understanding and caring I am so glad I matched with her.
Written on Jan 16, 2025 after therapy with Marylise for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, and coping with life changes
Marylise has provided incredible clarity on many issues in just a few short weeks. I'm deeply grateful for her guidance and would highly recommend her, along with BetterHelp, to anyone seeking support.
Written on Sep 01, 2024 after therapy with Marylise for 2 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues
Kind, thoughtful, and highly educated in her field of expertise
Written on Jul 10, 2024 after therapy with Marylise for 1 month on issues concerning stress, anxiety, family conflicts, self esteem, career difficulties, and coping with life changes
Marylise est arrivée dans ma vie à un moment crucial où j'avais le moral au plus bas, je me sentais seule et perdue. Sa présence bienveillante et quotidienne m'a aidée non seulement à tenir en ce moment difficile, mais également à me recentrer et à reprendre de la force.
Written on Jan 03, 2023 after therapy with Marylise for 2 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related issues
Marylise makes me feel safe to open up about my life and she really is a great listener.
Written on Jan 02, 2023 after therapy with Marylise for 2 weeks on issues concerning intimacy-related issues
Marylise listens to you and let’s you speak your heart and mind. I personally feel very assured talking to her.
Written on Dec 30, 2022 after therapy with Marylise for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, anger management, and coping with life changes
Ms. Zwarts’s therapy has helped me improve my mental health, become less anxious and more mindful. I love how she is so patient, really let’s you talk and knows what questions to ask to make me think. Thank you so much!! Totally recommend her!
Written on Dec 25, 2022 after therapy with Marylise for 1 year and 6 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, parenting issues, and anger management
Marylise responds very quickly and very detailed. So far I’m happy.
Written on Dec 05, 2022 after therapy with Marylise for 2 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, trauma and abuse, self esteem, anger management, and adhd
Marylise helped me through my life crisis in 2019, I had a depression and some past trauma to manage. She’s trustworthy, helpful, skillful and has an incredibly warm smile. I’m loyal to her. Thank you, Marylise.
Written on Sep 08, 2022 after therapy with Marylise for 3 years and 3 months on issues concerning relationship issues, self esteem, anger management, and coping with life changes
I’m grateful to Marylise for her empathy, warmth, compassion and her considerable skill in helping me move forward and make progress with my life.
Written on Apr 06, 2022 after therapy with Marylise for 2 years and 11 months on issues concerning depression, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, self esteem, and coping with life changes
I have worked with Marylise Zwarts for 4 months. She is a good listener, and also always asks the right questions. This helped me be fully aware of my feelings and my relationship with others. The kind of advice I got always showed she is focusing on pointing out ways to heal and evolve. With her help, I can say I was able to survive some heavy burdens and make an outstanding progress.
Written on Nov 03, 2021 after therapy with Marylise for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, and coping with life changes
Marylise helped me through my hardest times. I could count on her to be here when I needed it the most. Weither it was for advice, for rationalization or just to listen to me, she always had the right thing to say to help me in my journey to better mental health. She helped me grow as a person and she gave me the tools and thoughts to be able to face challenges more easily in the future.
Written on Apr 28, 2021 after therapy with Marylise for 5 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, self esteem, and coping with life changes
I haven't known Marylise for a long time, but so far she's been supportive. So my review would be positive, but it's too early to say.
Written on Dec 01, 2020 after therapy with Marylise for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, relationship issues, and grief
Marylise has been very supportive and present during several months of my therapy. She is the one person on this earth that has kept me above the water in the storm.
Written on Oct 25, 2020 after therapy with Marylise for 1 year and 4 months on issues concerning parenting issues, and anger management
Marylise was very good match to me, because of her experience in childhood trauma
She is very kind and supportive
She gives practical advice and exercises
I like that she checks on me if I didn’t text back
Written on Sep 07, 2020 after therapy with Marylise for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, self esteem, career difficulties, coaching, and compassion fatigue
Marylise is a great listener coupled with the qualities and expertise of a good therapist. She has helped me through tough times.
Written on Jul 21, 2020 after therapy with Marylise for 1 year on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, and coaching
Marylise is very supportive and helps me a lot.
Written on Jul 19, 2020 after therapy with Marylise for 1 year and 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, and self esteem
En tant que Canadienne expatriée en France, Mme Zwarts s'est révélée être une ressources essentielle dans mon adaptation à mes nouvelles conditions de vie. Je lui dois beaucoup.
Written on Jun 05, 2020 after therapy with Marylise for 8 months
Marylise has been my therapist for a year now. I never had a therapist before but had Psychologist and Psychiatrist ( more easily financed, where I'm from) they were never focussing on what I wanted to or really listened. Marylise does. But more than listening she gives you tools and interrogates you in order to help you process a mechanism/ an emotion you're battling with. Both of us being from France but living in an English speaking contrary made us able to understand each other. Not only in terms of language but also in terms of immigration and cultural differences. I couldn't dream for a better therapist.
Written on May 11, 2020 after therapy with Marylise for 11 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, and anger management
Marylise is so kind and patient. She has helped me think in a way I never thought and since is my first time trying therapy, I think she is exactly what I was looking for in my therapist/counsellor.
Written on Mar 18, 2020 after therapy with Marylise for 1 week on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, sleeping disorders, self esteem, and anger management
Marylise has helped me tremendously. Her expertise, experience, and empathy makes her a wonderful counselor. I am so grateful for all her help. She truly understands trauma, and EMDR has been extremely beneficial for me. I recommend Marylise to anyone with all my heart.
Written on Feb 21, 2020 after therapy with Marylise for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue
So far, she's the best therapist I've ever had. She's very competent and I strongly feel that she will help me to finally get better.
Written on Jan 18, 2020 after therapy with Marylise for 3 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, and trauma and abuse
Very caring and professional practitioner ! Highly recommend her.
Written on Nov 05, 2019 after therapy with Marylise for 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and adhd
Marylise is very experienced. She is the perfect counselor. I would recommand her to everybody.
Written on Oct 09, 2019 after therapy with Marylise for 5 months on issues concerning relationship issues, and career difficulties
Marylise Zwarts is absolutely competent as a counselor. She has the ability to listen to you very carefully and patiently and will be able to give you insights that will help you progress in life and see some light in dark times. I am very thankful that BetterHelp matched me with Marylise. She is caring and very kind. She manages to express useful advice with confidence and makes sure she respects your emotions and feelings. She gives you space to express yourself freely with no judgement. It's a blessing to have a therapist such as Marylise especially when you're going through a difficult period of time. I really recommend her as a therapist to anyone willing to work on personal issues.
Written on Sep 04, 2019 after therapy with Marylise for 3 weeks
I would highly recommend Marylise. She is very friendly and supportive and has really helped me to progress in the last few months. She's also very knowledgeable and has helped me on a wide range of issues. I would particularly recommend her for trauma. EMDR has helped me with trauma more than anything else ever has.
Written on Aug 30, 2019 after therapy with Marylise for 3 months on issues concerning trauma and abuse
She is understanding, patient, and gives me wonderful advice. She is my first ever therapist and helped me a lot to develop to a better person and a better way to understand myself. Grateful to her for every minute spent with me. Thank you
Written on Jun 06, 2019 after therapy with Marylise for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, sleeping disorders, self esteem, career difficulties, and coping with life changes
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