About Marian
Marian Smith is a licensed mental health counselor with more than 21 years of experience. She holds credentials as an LMHC and an LPC and provides care to people in Florida. Marian combines clinical work with personal development coaching to help clients move forward after hard moments.
She listens closely and helps each person set clear, concrete goals. Sessions focus on small, achievable steps so progress is visible. Marian aims to help people feel calmer, more confident, and more in control of daily life.
How Marian works
Her practice covers a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, depression, parenting strain, addictions, grief, trauma and abuse, sleep troubles, anger, bipolar challenges, and career questions. Additional focuses include communication problems, family of origin issues, forgiveness work, life purpose, veteran and armed forces issues, and social anxiety and phobia.
Marian uses approachable methods such as client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and solution-focused strategies. She helps people identify practical changes they can try between sessions and tracks how those steps affect mood and behavior. The aim is to turn stuck patterns into forward motion.
Her style is respectful and compassionate. Marian encourages curiosity about what gets in the way of better choices and offers coaching to build new skills. She supports people who want to move from merely coping to actually thriving.
Marian lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Marian works with
The areas below are the ones Marian selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Registers | LMHC, LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 21 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person's experience and building a trusting working relationship; it helps when someone needs empathy and a place to make sense of difficult feelings.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and helps people try small behavioral and thinking changes to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and improve sleep.
Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on clear, short-term goals and on what works now, which can be useful for coping with life changes, career decisions, and parenting challenges.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Marian will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is seen.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options offer flexibility for different schedules and needs while keeping focus on forward-moving work.
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