About Dionne
Dionne Schmidt is a licensed marriage and family therapist in North Carolina with ten years of clinical experience. She centers therapy on relationships and how they shape daily life.
Background and approach
Dionne meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps to reduce stress and improve connection. She often addresses relationship and intimacy issues, parenting concerns, blended family challenges, and communication problems.
Dionne also helps people coping with anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, addiction, grief, and trauma. Her work includes specific concerns like sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, and career strain.
In sessions she draws on attachment-based ideas to clarify how early bonds affect current relationships. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and change patterns that keep problems going.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy and elements of the Gottman Method guide her when couples or partners want to rebuild trust and improve connection. Dionne treats issues related to family of origin, forgiveness, guilt and shame, and control or commitment struggles.
She supports parents navigating fatherhood issues and fertility concerns while also addressing domestic violence and substance use where relevant. The language in sessions is straightforward and goal-oriented.
People who work with Dionne can expect collaborative planning, clear next steps, and attention to practical coping skills. She respects each person’s story and helps them build on their strengths to move toward healthier relationships and better day-to-day functioning.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional responses. Online sessions using this approach help people notice patterns in how they connect and try different ways of relating in day-to-day life.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and changing them with small, practical exercises. It works well for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and stress because it breaks problems into manageable steps that can be practiced between sessions.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy concentrates on the emotional experiences that drive conflict and distance between partners. In online work, this approach helps partners name vulnerable feelings and practice new responses during guided conversations.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with the client to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. That plan can change over time as priorities shift.
Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for richer conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone calls need less bandwidth and can fit a short check-in. Live chat and text work well for brief updates, accountability, or when someone prefers writing. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
Also works with
- 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