About Mariah
Mariah Larkin is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 30 years of practice in California. She works with people who are anxious, stressed, or feeling stuck in relationships or life purpose. Her style is warm and interactive, aiming to help clients build a life that feels authentic and manageable.
Mariah often blends practical skills with deeper exploration. She uses conversational work and coaching to address daily stress and anxiety.
Background and approach
She also offers longer-term exploration when clients want to understand underlying patterns and meanings in their lives. She has experience assisting people from diverse and alternative lifestyles and brings an informed perspective on men's issues and multicultural concerns. Sessions can include tools for coping with depression, social anxiety, obsessions and compulsions, and seasonal mood changes.
Her room is described as empathic and inviting, with an emphasis on honest conversation and emotional processing. Mariah integrates mindfulness and psycho-spiritual practices when clients want those resources included in therapy. In the first session she focuses on background, current concerns, and goals.
From there she and the client shape a plan together that may include short-term skill work or deeper exploration of dreams and personal patterns. She aims for steady progress while keeping the pace comfortable for each person.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Mariah uses client-centered therapy to build a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the client's needs guide the work. This approach focuses on listening, reflecting, and helping people discover their own solutions to anxiety and life concerns.She also incorporates emotionally focused therapy when relationship patterns are central. EFT helps identify what people feel in close connections and how those feelings shape repeated interactions, which can be useful for shifting stuck patterns and reducing relational stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Mariah will talk with each client about goals, preferences, and what they hope to change, then recommend ways of working that match those aims. The process is collaborative and adjusts as needs evolve.
Online sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. Video is useful for fuller conversation and reading nonverbal cues. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Messaging and chat let clients touch base between sessions or use brief communication during a busy day. These formats offer flexibility so therapy can fit into work, family life, and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
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- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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