About Marian
Marian Smith is a licensed mental health counselor and licensed professional counselor practicing in Florida. She brings 21 years of experience as a counselor and personal development coach. Marian focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed after big changes or traumatic events.
She starts by listening closely and working with each person to set clear, achievable goals. Her approach is practical and goal-oriented. She helps people break concerns into small steps they can try between sessions.
Background and approach
Progress is tracked with specific objectives so people can see change over time. The aim is to restore calm, confidence, and a sense of control. Marian has worked with a wide variety of concerns.
These include stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, relationship and family tensions, grief, addictions, bipolar concerns, and issues around intimacy and sleep. She also focuses on communication problems, family of origin issues, forgiveness, life purpose, and compassion fatigue. In sessions she draws on client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral tools, and solution-focused strategies.
The work is collaborative: Marian helps people find new ways to view problems and build skills that fit their life. She combines coaching and therapy ideas to support practical change. People who choose Marian can expect respectful, compassionate support and a focus on real-world steps.
She aims to help clients move from simply coping to living with greater satisfaction and purpose.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. The therapist offers empathy and reflects what is said so clients feel heard and can explore what matters most to them. This approach is useful for building trust and clarifying personal goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. CBT can help with anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and stress by giving clear exercises to practice between sessions.
She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to identify small, concrete steps that move a person toward their goals. This method highlights strengths and past successes to create quick, measurable change for specific problems.
Deciding which approach to use is part of the work together. The therapist will help the client choose methods based on their goals, needs, and preferences, and will adjust the plan as progress is made. The process is collaborative, with regular check-ins about what is or isn't working.
Online sessions offer practical benefits for many people. Video calls let clients and the therapist meet face-to-face when schedules or travel make in-person meetings difficult. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be a simpler check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging suit short updates, quick coping tools, or times when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Virginia
- Languages
- English