- Strengths-based support
- Skills for mood management
- Direct and approachable
About Marianne
Marianne Smith is an LPC - a licensed professional counselor - practicing in Arizona with nearly three decades of experience. She brings a warm, straightforward style to sessions and aims to help people tap into their resilience. Marianne focuses on practical steps people can take to manage stress, relationships, mood concerns, and life transitions.
She uses a blend of client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and dialectical behavior approaches to tailor support to each person. That means she listens closely, helps identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, and teaches skills for managing intense emotions. Marianne often emphasizes building strengths and small, manageable changes that add up over time.
Her background includes a long career in clinical practice guided by an early interest in how experience and biology shape behavior. Over the years she has supported people through trauma, grief, parenting stress, workplace strain, and challenges related to identity and relationships. She names resilience as a core theme she sees in most people she meets.
Marianne aims for a relaxed, accepting atmosphere in sessions. She says she is direct but respectful, and values honesty and authenticity in the therapeutic relationship. She also highlights respect for diversity and supports people dealing with gender dysphoria and LGBT-related concerns among other issues.
Practical matters are handled simply: appointments are arranged by messaging with several suggested times. Sessions are scheduled Monday through Friday with some flexibility, and costs vary by location and therapist availability.
She uses a blend of client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and dialectical behavior approaches to tailor support to each person. That means she listens closely, helps identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, and teaches skills for managing intense emotions. Marianne often emphasizes building strengths and small, manageable changes that add up over time.
Her background includes a long career in clinical practice guided by an early interest in how experience and biology shape behavior. Over the years she has supported people through trauma, grief, parenting stress, workplace strain, and challenges related to identity and relationships. She names resilience as a core theme she sees in most people she meets.
Marianne aims for a relaxed, accepting atmosphere in sessions. She says she is direct but respectful, and values honesty and authenticity in the therapeutic relationship. She also highlights respect for diversity and supports people dealing with gender dysphoria and LGBT-related concerns among other issues.
Practical matters are handled simply: appointments are arranged by messaging with several suggested times. Sessions are scheduled Monday through Friday with some flexibility, and costs vary by location and therapist availability.
This summary is based on the profile information listed on BetterHelp.