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Marian Smith is a licensed mental health counselor practicing in Florida with over 21 years of experience.

01About Marian

Marian Smith is a licensed mental health counselor practicing in Florida with over 21 years of experience. She brings a calm, direct style to sessions and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Marian listens closely and helps clients set clear, achievable goals.

She aims to help people feel more confident and back in charge of their lives. She works with worries that often follow big life changes or traumatic events, including anxiety, stress, grief, and trauma and abuse.

Background and approach

She also helps with relationship and family concerns, parenting stress, addiction-related issues, sleep problems, anger, and career questions. Marian supports people facing mood concerns such as bipolar disorder and those coping with ADHD or compassion fatigue. Her approach is straightforward and collaborative.

Marian uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow each person’s pace and priorities, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thought and behavior patterns, and Solution-Focused Therapy to build on what already works. She and the client make a plan with specific objectives and track progress over time. Sessions aim to produce concrete changes: better coping skills, clearer communication, and steps toward life goals.

Marian also blends coaching skills to help clients practice new behaviors between sessions. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and practical tools that fit everyday life. If someone is ready to make changes, Marian guides the process one step at a time.

Her work centers on helping people move from surviving to feeling calmer, more effective, and more aligned with their values.

02Credentials

LMHC (Florida)
License MH5151 · expires March 2027
LPC (Virginia)
License 0701005597 · expires June 2026
NPI
1962419598 · national provider identifier

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03Focus areas and approaches

Everything Marian lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Methods Marian names

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04Online support

How Marian’s Approaches Work Online

Client-Centered Therapy means the therapist follows the client’s lead, listens closely, and tailors sessions to what matters most to that person. It is useful when someone needs a steady, supportive space to talk through stress, grief, or life transitions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and try out different actions. It is practical for anxiety, sleep problems, mood concerns, and patterns that keep someone stuck.

Solution-Focused Therapy looks for what already works and builds on small wins. This approach is helpful when someone wants focused sessions that produce clear next steps and fast progress.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, symptoms, and preferences, then choose techniques together. That collaborative process helps shape a plan that fits each person’s needs.

Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat provides a quicker check-in, and text messaging lets clients reflect in writing between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving schedules while still working toward concrete change.

05Questions people ask

What concerns does Marian commonly address?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, addictions, sleep difficulties, anger, career questions, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is calm and practical. She listens closely, helps set clear goals, and focuses on steps clients can use between sessions.

How much experience does she have?

She has 21 years of experience working with a wide range of concerns and brings both counseling and personal development coaching skills to her work.

What credentials and location are listed?

She holds the credential LMHC and the license LPC, listed as FL LMHC and VA LPC, and she practices in Florida.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the United States work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How are costs and starting set up handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; to begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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