About Marianne
Marianne Kaukiainen-Russo is a licensed mental health counselor who focuses on anxiety and stress. She brings five years as an LMHC in New York to her work, plus a long background in college guidance. Marianne aims to help people find clearer direction when life feels overwhelming or uncertain.
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address symptoms like panic, social anxiety, and worry. Marianne also helps with low self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes.
Background and approach
Sessions often include practical strategies for managing symptoms and everyday skills to handle stressors. Before her clinical practice she spent over 15 years in college counseling, advising students about academic and career choices. That experience shaped how she listens for strengths and practical next steps.
Clients can expect straightforward guidance that links personal goals with manageable actions. Marianne emphasizes working together, with the client’s own experience guiding decisions in therapy. She centers empathy and clear problem-solving in each session.
This approach is aimed at helping people turn challenges into steps forward. She offers sessions in English and practices from New York. Formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Getting started involves completing an intake questionnaire and scheduling a time that fits the client’s needs.
Evidence-based approaches and online care for anxiety
Marianne draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage anxiety and life stress. One approach focuses on practical coping skills and behavioral strategies to reduce panic and social anxiety symptoms; sessions teach concrete steps you can try between meetings. Another approach emphasizes building self-esteem and communication skills, which helps with relationship strain, family problems, and feelings of isolation. These methods aim to change unhelpful patterns and strengthen daily routines.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Marianne works together with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She listens for what helps and adjusts plans over time so therapy stays useful and realistic for everyday life.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule. Video calls let you use visual cues for in-depth work, while phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, homework questions, or moments when a quick message is more practical. These options increase flexibility and help people maintain progress even with changing routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- 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
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