Rosemary Maltese, LPC

Rosemary Maltese is a Licensed Professional Counselor who brings 11 years of experience to her work. She offers a calm, person-centered way of talking through stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and life changes. Rosemary focuses on helping people rebuild self-esteem, manage anger, and cope with parenting challenges and career transitions.

Her style mixes client-centered care with practical therapies like cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused work. She also uses dialectical behavior therapy skills and mindfulness techniques to help people manage strong emotions and improve daily functioning. EMDR is among the approaches she uses when trauma and abuse are part of the story.

Rosemary draws on family systems ideas to make sense of how early relationships influence current patterns. She often helps people untangle codependency, attachment wounds, and family-of-origin issues so they can make clearer choices. She also offers support for adoption and foster care concerns, abandonment, and complex grief.

People working with Rosemary can expect short-term strategy work alongside deeper exploration of life purpose and meaning. She pays attention to strengths and builds practical skills for coping and communication. Her aim is to help clients move from feeling stuck toward more consistent hope and functioning.

Based in Tennessee, Rosemary works in English and brings a steady, encouraging presence to sessions. The process begins with goal setting, and she adjusts methods to fit each person’s needs and pace.

How Rosemary’s approaches work online and in session

Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person and their goals, giving people space to be heard and to decide what changes matter most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical strategies to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms and handle stress more effectively.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, adds skills for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress. These methods are often used together so sessions include both listening and skill practice tailored to the concern, whether it is grief, trauma, or life transitions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify which methods fit their needs and goals, and will adjust over time. Goal-setting and skill-building are part of that shared plan so progress is concrete and trackable.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can help fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel and making it easier to schedule shorter check-ins or regular weekly sessions. It can also make it simpler to keep continuity of care while juggling work, caregiving, or health appointments.