About Marlenny
Marlenny Luna is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York with 14 years of experience. She draws on her own positive experience in therapy to guide her work. Marlenny focuses on building a trusting, practical relationship so people feel heard and understood from the start.
She helps people who are dealing with anxiety, stress, depression, grief, relationship and parenting concerns. Marlenny also supports those facing addiction, trauma, intimacy-related struggles, anger, career decisions, and major life changes.
Background and approach
She pays attention to the whole story, including family of origin and immigration-related concerns when relevant. In sessions she uses clear, well-established approaches such as client-centered work, cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and narrative methods. That means she listens closely, helps people spot unhelpful thinking patterns, and practices skills that can be used between meetings.
She likes to work in concrete ways that fit each person’s daily life. Marlenny aims to make therapy collaborative and goal-focused. Together with each person she sets practical steps for change and checks progress along the way.
Her background in diverse clinical concerns helps her adapt the pace and tools to what a person needs most. People who choose Marlenny often want calm feedback, honest listening, and hands-on strategies for coping. She meets people where they are and helps them move toward clearer thinking, better communication, and steadier emotions.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-centered therapy centers the person and their goals. The therapist listens closely and follows the person’s lead to build trust and clarity. This approach helps people feel understood while they decide what changes they want to make.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on noticing thoughts and behaviors that make problems worse. It uses short exercises and practical homework to build new habits and reduce symptoms such as anxiety or low mood.
Mindfulness therapy teaches attention skills to steady the mind and reduce reactivity. Simple breathing and awareness practices are used to help with stress, anger, and anxious thinking.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk through goals, try different techniques, and adjust methods based on what works best. Clients shape the plan and the pace, and the therapist helps translate goals into small, testable steps.
Online sessions can make therapy easier to fit into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that helps connection. Phone sessions can be low-bandwidth and work well for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief conversations, check-ins, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options give flexibility so people can use formats that match their routine and needs.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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