About Mariama
Mariama Samateh is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Florida. She brings 12 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and life changes. Mariama emphasizes practical steps you can use right away to feel steadier and more in control.
She frames concerns within the relationships and systems around a person. That means she looks at patterns in family, work, and other connections to see how they shape behavior and feelings.
Background and approach
Understanding those patterns helps point to small, daily changes that make a difference. Mariama uses straightforward techniques from cognitive behavioral approaches and solution-focused work to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. She also brings trauma-focused methods when past harm affects current coping.
Sessions focus on clear goals and tools you can practice between meetings. Her style is warm and non-judgmental. She encourages honesty, compassion, and responsibility in the therapy room.
Mariama helps people notice strengths and use them to take more control of their lives. She works with a wide range of issues including parenting concerns, relationship problems, addictions, bipolar mood concerns, postpartum depression, and struggles with self-esteem and codependency. Mariama speaks English, Bambara, and Wolof, and she accepts international clients.
The aim is to leave therapy feeling more capable, even if every problem is not fully solved.
How Mariama’s Approaches Work Online
Mariama uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a supportive, respectful space where a person’s own goals guide the work. This approach focuses on listening, reflecting, and helping the client name what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and replace them with clearer thinking and new behaviors; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Mariama will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then suggest techniques to try. Together they track what helps and adjust the plan over time so sessions remain practical and focused on real-life change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and a closer interpersonal feel. Phone sessions can fit into a busy day or use less bandwidth. Live chat or messaging can work for brief check-ins, step-by-step coaching, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or travel schedules while keeping the focus on clear goals and usable tools.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Bambara, Wolof
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