About MerraLee
MerraLee Block helps people who are worn out by stress and strained relationships. She works with individuals dealing with anxiety, low self-esteem, grief, trauma, parenting challenges, and life transitions. Her approach is practical and direct, aimed at restoring balance and improving daily functioning.
She is a Florida licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 35 years of professional experience. Much of her work has focused on communication, control, and setting healthy boundaries.
How MerraLee works
She has also supported people through separation, divorce, blended family issues, and parenting strains. For several years she served as a Florida Supreme Court Family Law Mediator while maintaining a therapy practice. That background gives her extra experience handling family conflict and the practical details of separation and co-parenting.
She draws on that experience to help people sort options and make clearer choices. Her style centers on recognizing each person’s strengths and building on what already works. Sessions aim to reduce what robs life of joy, whether that is guilt, shame, avoidance, or chronic worry.
She encourages small, achievable steps that add up to meaningful change. She also offers support around workplace stress, compassion fatigue, career questions, and intimacy-related concerns. People looking for steady guidance through difficult decisions will find an experienced clinician who listens and helps them move forward.
What MerraLee works with
The areas below are the ones MerraLee selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 35 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Many of her methods focus on practical, evidence-based techniques that help people change patterns that keep them stuck. One common approach is skill-building to improve communication and boundaries; this teaches clear, repeatable ways to speak up, set limits, and reduce repeated conflict. Another approach emphasizes processing painful experiences like grief, trauma, or shame so those memories lose some of their power and daily life becomes more manageable.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. She works with each person to identify goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what helps most. The client’s preferences and circumstances guide how therapy progresses, and methods can shift as needs change.
Online therapy offers convenient access to that same work. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a more in-depth session is needed. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to get support between sessions, fit therapy around work, or communicate without being on camera. These options help people keep momentum while balancing other responsibilities.
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