About Marianne
Marianne Kaukiainen-Russo is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York who draws on years of counseling and college guidance to help people facing life transitions. She combines practical advice with steady support to help clients manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. Marianne writes plainly and listens closely to each person’s goals and strengths.
Before practicing as an LMHC for the past five years, she spent over 15 years in college counseling.
Background and approach
That background informs her work with career questions, motivation, and decisions that affect school or work paths. She uses that experience to help clients weigh options and make plans they can follow. Sessions focus on clear goals and simple, usable steps.
Marianne helps people build coping skills for panic, social anxiety, and overwhelming stress. She also supports those dealing with attachment wounds, abandonment, body image, and feelings of shame or isolation. Her style is collaborative and empathic.
Clients are treated as the experts on their own lives while Marianne offers structure and techniques to move forward. Conversations aim to uncover values, boost self-esteem, and reduce the hold of negative thought patterns. Practical matters like fertility concerns, divorce and separation, parenting strain, and midlife reassessment are also addressed.
Marianne helps people explore life purpose and figure out next steps when old plans no longer fit. She provides therapy in English and offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Getting started involves a short questionnaire and scheduling a session once a match is made.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Marianne draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and practical changes. One common approach is cognitive work that helps people notice and change unhelpful thinking patterns, which can reduce worry and improve mood. Another is skills-based coping strategies that teach breathing, grounding, and step-by-step plans to manage panic, stress, and overwhelming moments.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Marianne will work with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust course when something isn’t helpful. Together they decide which techniques to keep using and which to change, based on real progress and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people have a face-to-face conversation when a longer session is helpful. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let clients share thoughts between sessions, track small wins, or get brief support without scheduling a full call. These options make it possible to fit therapy into work, school, or family routines while keeping consistent momentum.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English