Constance Guthrie

Constance Guthrie is an LMSW who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, anger, low self-esteem, depression, trauma, and ADHD. She approaches each person as the expert on their life and looks for strengths to build on. Her tone is warm and direct, aimed at practical change rather than jargon.

Constance uses clear, practical tools to address emotional regulation and stress reduction. She blends client-centered conversation with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns. Mindfulness strategies and skills drawn from dialectical behavior therapy are used to calm strong emotions and reduce reactivity.

Her background includes a bachelor of social work from Oakland University and a master of social work from Michigan State University. Constance has seven years of experience working with adolescents and adults on issues such as panic attacks, parenting concerns, blended family stress, and coping with chronic illness.

Sessions focus on small, achievable steps. She may use motivational interviewing to help people clarify goals and find internal motivation. Solution-focused methods are used when someone wants fast, concrete changes for daily life.

People can expect a straightforward, nonjudgmental tone in sessions. Constance aims to create a calm space where someone can name what’s hard, learn practical skills, and try new ways of coping. She encourages people to notice progress, even when it feels slow.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-centered therapy starts by listening closely to what matters most to the person and shaping sessions around those priorities. This approach helps when someone needs a space to be heard and to set personal goals.

Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. Online sessions can include tracking patterns, trying short behavioral experiments between meetings, and practicing new skills to reduce anxiety or anger.

Dialectical behavior therapy offers practical skills for managing intense emotions and improving emotional regulation. Techniques from DBT such as grounding, distress-tolerance, and emotion regulation can be taught and practiced in remote sessions.

Finding the right approach is a joint effort. The therapist will work with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That decision can shift over time as goals change and progress is tracked.

Confirm the available session formats before booking, since the biography does not specify them. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow short check-ins when needed. It also supports practicing skills in real life between meetings, which many people find helpful for managing anger, stress, and anxiety.