About Mariah
Mariah Funderburg is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California who focuses on anxiety and related stress. She offers a calm, accepting presence and practical tools to handle panic, everyday worry, and life transitions. Sessions are straightforward and centered on what the client needs right now.
She draws on trauma-informed ideas to help people feel steadier after upsetting events. Mariah emphasizes building trust and safety, then teaches skills for managing panic attacks, sleep disruptions, and intense emotions.
Background and approach
She also works with issues around self-esteem, body image, and relationship styles like polyamory or non-monogamy. Her practice includes help for people facing caregiver stress, divorce or separation, and feelings of isolation or loneliness. Mariah uses exercises to strengthen communication, reduce shame and guilt, and reconnect with a sense of purpose.
She also supports those navigating pregnancy and the changes that come with childbirth. Sessions combine practical skill-building and reflective conversation. Clients may learn breathing and relaxation strategies, ways to reframe unhelpful thoughts, and steps to improve day-to-day routines that affect mood and sleep.
Work is tailored to each person’s life and goals. Mariah brings three years of experience working with remote and underserved populations. She works in English and provides therapy through video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging.
She practices with attention to cultural background and LGBTQ identities, aiming to create a respectful space for people to heal and move forward.
How evidence-based techniques work online
Mariah uses trauma-informed methods that focus on safety, grounding, and step-by-step skills for managing strong emotions. These approaches help people reduce panic symptoms and reframe distressing memories in ways that make day-to-day life easier.She also emphasizes practical anxiety-management tools such as breathing and relaxation practices, behavioral steps to reduce avoidance, and strategies to improve sleep and routine. These techniques are useful for panic attacks, persistent worry, and stress related to life transitions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Mariah collaborates with each person to decide which techniques to try based on their goals, preferences, and what feels workable in daily life. The process is flexible and adjusted as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversation and interactive exercises. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, skill coaching between sessions, or people who prefer typing over talking. These options aim to make therapy easier to fit into a busy life while keeping focus on practical change and coping skills.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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