About MaryBeth
MaryBeth Underwood is a Florida licensed clinical social worker with 13 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She supports those coping with addictions, relationship challenges, low self-esteem, motivation struggles, and depression. MaryBeth emphasizes practical steps and gentle encouragement to help people take the first steps toward change.
She works from the belief that people know their own stories and already carry strengths that can be used to move forward.
Background and approach
In sessions she listens closely, helps sort priorities, and offers straightforward strategies to reduce overwhelm. Sessions aim to be collaborative and paced to each person's comfort level. MaryBeth uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on everyday skills.
She teaches coping tools for anxiety, ways to rebuild confidence, and methods to address habits that keep someone stuck. The therapist mixes practical skill-building with supportive conversation to create usable plans. Over 13 years she has worked in settings that required clear, actionable approaches to common concerns.
That background helps her guide people through first steps, plan for setbacks, and celebrate small wins along the way. She invites people to move at their own speed while learning tools that fit their life. MaryBeth aims to make starting therapy less intimidating.
She acknowledges that asking for help takes courage and treats that choice as part of the work itself.
Practical therapeutic approaches and online care
MaryBeth uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on building skills and managing symptoms. One approach emphasizes learning concrete anxiety coping skills such as breath work, grounding, and step-by-step exposure to feared situations to reduce avoidance and worry. These skills help people regain confidence in everyday tasks.A second focus is on strategies to change unhelpful habits and patterns that drive addictions or low motivation. That work breaks large problems into small, manageable steps and teaches ways to handle urges and setbacks without judgement. These methods support steady progress and clearer decision-making.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process and happens together. The therapist will ask about goals, daily routines, and what has or hasn't worked before, then suggest techniques that fit those needs. Clients and the therapist adjust the plan as they go so treatment stays useful and realistic.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video is useful when visual interaction helps the work, phone can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can fit short check-ins or busy days. These formats let people access therapy from different settings and keep momentum between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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