About Marianne
Marianne Williams is a Kentucky-based licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, and low self-esteem. She focuses on practical steps to improve mood, manage anger, and rebuild motivation. Marianne meets people where they are and values a straightforward, respectful approach.
She listens first, then helps people set small, achievable goals. Sessions use conversational, skill-based methods aimed at daily life. Marianne emphasizes strengths people already have and builds on those abilities to manage symptoms and move forward.
How Marianne works
Her work covers relationship and intimacy concerns, career stress, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people dealing with bipolar disorder, impulsivity, and issues tied to attachment or codependency. Addiction concerns, including drug and alcohol problems, are a central part of her practice.
Marianne draws on several practical approaches in her work. She uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts and behavioral patterns. Mindfulness and acceptance methods help people tolerate hard emotions without losing sight of their values.
Dialectical strategies offer concrete tools for distress tolerance and emotion regulation. With 14 years of experience, Marianne keeps therapy concrete and goal-oriented. She aims to make sessions feel useful from the start, focusing on skills people can try between meetings.
Her style is warm, direct, and collaborative, helping clients take the next steps at a manageable pace.
Marianne lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Marianne works with
The areas below are the ones Marianne selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Kentucky |
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Online support options
How Marianne’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on identifying personal values and taking small steps that align with those values even when hard feelings are present. ACT can help with anxiety, depression, and motivation by shifting attention toward meaningful action. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and managing mood swings.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Marianne will discuss goals, preferences, and daily routines to decide which methods to try first. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as progress and needs become clearer.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, skill reminders, or when someone prefers typed communication. These options offer flexibility and make it easier to keep therapy consistent amid busy schedules.
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