About Marianne
Marianne Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Arizona with 28 years of experience. She focuses on anxiety, stress, depression, and related concerns. Her manner is warm and direct, and she aims to help people find steady ground during difficult times.
Marianne draws on methods that help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She helps clients build skills for managing panic, social anxiety, and mood swings.
Background and approach
Sessions move at a practical pace with clear steps people can try between meetings. Her approach centers on listening first and following the client’s lead. She uses client-centered techniques to understand each person’s values and goals before suggesting strategies.
This gives people room to be honest and to explore what truly matters to them. When relevant, she applies cognitive behavioral techniques to identify thought patterns that feed worry and low mood. She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and improved communication.
These tools support coping with grief, relationship strain, workplace stress, and caregiver burden. Marianne emphasizes practical problem solving and steady skill building. She welcomes conversations about gender identity, LGBT concerns, and parenting strain while respecting each person’s story.
People seeking help can expect straightforward guidance, patience, and a focus on workable change.
Approaches for anxiety and emotional balance online
Client-centered work focuses on listening and following the client’s priorities. It helps people clarify values, feel heard, and make choices that fit their life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches concrete steps to reduce worry and depressive patterns. CBT is often used for panic attacks, social anxiety, and mood symptoms. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, offers practical skills for managing intense emotions, handling crises without acting impulsively, and improving interpersonal effectiveness.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Marianne will start by understanding your goals, concerns, and daily routines. Together you decide which methods to try, adjust techniques as you go, and build a plan that matches your needs and pace.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls work well for deep conversations that benefit from visual cues. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging let people share updates between meetings and fit therapy into busy schedules. These options provide flexibility so therapy can be more accessible around work, caregiving, and travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 28 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English
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