About Marikay
Marikay Vander Ven is a licensed professional counselor clinical candidate with 21 years of experience based in Ohio. She focuses on helping people who are coping with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, and depression. Her style is straightforward and supportive, aimed at making the first steps toward change feel manageable.
She creates a calm space where clients can talk through worries without feeling judged. Sessions emphasize clear communication and practical steps that people can use between meetings.
Background and approach
Marikay encourages small, steady progress rather than quick fixes. Her work often addresses related issues such as abandonment and attachment concerns, body image, caregiver stress, and chronic health-related challenges. She also helps with communication problems, control issues, and feelings of guilt or shame.
These topics are approached with patience and an eye toward realistic goals. Marikay draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions. She adjusts methods to match each person’s situation and pace, focusing on what will be most helpful right now.
Clients leave with concrete tools for handling anxiety, improving relationships, or managing life transitions. People looking for support in Ohio can expect a therapist who listens closely and offers clear next steps. The emphasis is on collaboration and practical coping skills to make daily life feel more manageable.
Evidence-based techniques and online care that fit your life
Marikay uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide conversations and steps for change. One common approach focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing clearer, calmer ways of responding to stress and anxiety. This kind of work helps people reduce anxious reactions and make decisions with less overwhelm.Another technique emphasizes improving communication and attachment patterns in close relationships. It helps people notice interaction habits, practice new ways of connecting, and set boundaries that feel respectful. These methods are useful for relationship strain, separation issues, and recurring conflict patterns.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Marikay works together with each person to choose and adjust methods based on needs, goals, and preferences. She encourages feedback so the plan stays useful and relevant as progress happens.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls are good for full conversations, phone sessions can fit shorter check-ins or lower bandwidth situations, and messaging allows brief updates or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule while maintaining a steady path forward.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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