Licensed to practice in 2 states and accepts 50 insurances. Specializes in Anxiety, Depression, Trauma and PTSD and 20 more.
Marie A Gandy
(she/her)
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About me
I am licensed in Texas and Wisconsin with over 10 years of social work, case management, and professional clinical practice and combined experience of 18 years in civil and social services. In addition, I am experienced in helping clients with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, family conflicts, & trauma and abuse. I assist my clients by creating an open and safe environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of judgment. It takes courage to seek out a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards a change. I am here to support & collaboratively work with you on increasing your quality of life. My ardent desire to educate those who are under-served and prone to traumatic encroachments on their basic human rights of self-advocacy, self-determination, accountability, restoration of power, and self-worth, is what drives me professionally. My group work, individual therapy, couples therapy, family therapy, and parent coaching experience qualifies me to clinically engage, assess, and collaborate with individuals and interdisciplinary teams on goal development, treatment planning, implementation of interventions, and evaluations.
Get to know me
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
Within our first session you can expect to build a therapeutic alliance that fosters an environment of transparency, accountability, and respect where you are the expert of your lived experiences yet you are open to exploring a shift in how such experiences impacts your life going forward.
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
Abandonment, Adoption and Foster Care, Blended Family Issues, Control Issues, Divorce and Separation, Domestic Violence, Guilt and Shame, Infidelity, Intellectual Disability, Money and Financial Issues, Post-traumatic Stress, Self-Love, Sexual Assault and Abuse, Sexuality, Women's Issues, and Workplace Issues are all areas I specialize in. In addition, individual challenges with bullying and social acceptance of gender and/or sexual identity of adolescents and those with disabilities demand clinical competencies in healthy sexuality and self-advocacy. Therefore, I spearheaded Proud & Included, (the first project of its kind in the US) that focused on the intersection of LGBTQ and Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities through self-advocacy and healthy sexuality training for Participants, inclusion training for LGBTQ+ organizations, access to resources and services, and participation in LGBTQ community events, uniquely qualifies me to clinically engage individuals in the LGBTQ community and/or those with disabilities on a therapeutic level that eliminates stigmas and fosters safety first.
The clients I'm best positioned to serve
Currently, I am best positioned to service adults via telehealth.
Specialties
Top specialties
Anxiety
Depression
Trauma and PTSD
Other specialties
Anger Management
Bipolar Disorder
Career Counseling
Coping Skills
Couples Counseling
Family Conflict
Grief
LGBTQ
Men's Issues
Parenting
Peer Relationships
Racism
School Issues
Self Esteem
Self-Harming
Sexual Abuse
Spirituality
Suicidal Ideation
Women's Issues
Identifies as
Black / African American
Christian
Person of Color (POC)
Woman
Serves ages
Adults (18 to 64)
Elders (65 and above)
Licensed in
Texas
Wisconsin
Accepts
Aetna
Aetna - ASR Health Benefits
Aetna - Allied Benefits
Aetna - Lucent Health
Aetna - Luminare
Aetna - Medicare
Aetna - Moda
Aetna - WebTPA
Aetna – HealthEZ
All Savers
Amerihealth Administrators
Amerihealth NJ Medicare Advantage
Anthem
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Independence Administrators
Independence Blue Cross
Arlo
AvMed
Cash - $250 per session
Centivo
Cigna
Cigna - HealthEZ
EAP:Cigna
EAP:Evernorth
EAP:UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Evernorth
GTEB
Golden Rule
Harvard Pilgrim/UnitedHealthcare
HealthPartners
HealthPartners - Medicare
Humana - Medicare
Humana Dual (Medicare & Medicaid)
Medica
UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Optum
OptumHealth Complex Medical Conditions
Oscar
Oxford
Surest (formerly Bind)
Tufts Health/Cigna
United Medical Resources
UnitedHealthcare/Optum - Medicare
UnitedHealthcare Complete Care (C-SNP)
UnitedHealthcare Dual (Medicare & Medicaid)
UnitedHealthcare Life Insurance
UnitedHealthcare Shared Services
UnitedHealthcare StudentResources
UnitedHealthcare/Optum - Medicaid
WellCare
Location
Virtual
My treatment methods
Trauma Informed Care
As a clinician, I utilize Carl Roger’s person-centered therapy. Rogerian theory empowers the client to be the expert in their life and story. This allows my clients to disclose, according to their comfort level, while continued rapport is being established. I utilize solution-focused therapy to collaborate with my clients on identifying problem areas, catalysts to change, and implementation of strategies to achieve such change. In addition, I am mindful of Maslow’s theory of human motivation while implementing interventions that ensure my client's safe transition through their hierarchy of needs. Lastly, I utilize Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a type of psychotherapy used to help people change thoughts, feelings and behaviors that are causing them problems. My clients engaged in various activities that focused on cognitive reframing as CBT highlights how negative thoughts can lead to negative feelings and actions but reframing such thoughts more positively encourages more positive feelings and helpful behaviors.
29 ratings with written reviews
August 26, 2026
Marie is a very engaging and challenging therapist she helps me work on stepping out of my comfort zone in a way that makes me feel like it’s manageable by taking it at my own pace. She asks me to express myself so I can feel confident.
Verified client, age 25-34
August 4, 2026
I thought she would help me reach my best potential. After the first session with her, I know she will.
Verified client, age 45-54
May 13, 2026
She is really professional. I like the way that she approached my questions and my concerns. She’s kind and willing to listen.