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Marianne Smith, LPC
Arizona
LPC counselor - anxiety and relationships
See online therapy options- CBT and DBT methods
- Stress and grief support
- Parenting and communication
About Marianne
Marianne Smith is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor in Arizona with 28 years of experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, grief, self-esteem, and several mood and trauma-related issues. Sessions focus on practical skills and clearer ways of thinking to handle day-to-day problems.
Marianne uses practical, goal-oriented methods to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and change reactions. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy to address panic, trauma reactions, mood swings, and workplace or caregiving stress. Her style is direct and straightforward, with room for honest conversation about what is and isn’t working.
Clients can expect a focus on small, concrete steps. That might mean learning short breathing or grounding exercises, testing beliefs about relationships, or trying new communication approaches. Marianne emphasizes building skills that make daily life more manageable and reduce repeated patterns that cause distress.
She also helps with more specific challenges such as parenting strain, communication problems, divorce and separation issues, gender dysphoria questions, money stress, and sexual intimacy concerns. Marianne brings long experience supporting people through big life changes and grief, and she works to identify practical coping strategies people can use between sessions.
Sessions are conducted in English and Marianne does not accept international clients. Her practice uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time, and she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session through the online booking flow.
How Marianne integrates CBT, client-centered work, and DBT online
Marianne combines clear, skills-based methods with a straightforward conversational style. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify and test thoughts that increase anxiety or low mood, and it often includes short behavioral experiments or homework to try between sessions. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what matters to the person so practical goals can be set with clarity. Dialectical Behavior Therapy contributions include skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and practicing better emotion regulation in the moment.Finding the right mix of approaches is treated as a collaborative task. Marianne works with the person to decide which methods fit their goals, symptoms, and schedule. She checks in about what helps and adjusts the plan based on what the client reports and how they respond to practical exercises.
Confirm the specific online session formats before booking, since formats were not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. It also supports practicing skills in everyday contexts and reviewing short homework tasks between meetings. If you want to schedule, use the See online therapy options button and complete the matching questionnaire to set up a first session.
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Experience
28+ years
Listed in
Arizona
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, grief, self-esteem, intimacy issues, parenting strain, bipolar and mood disorders, panic, post-traumatic stress, and related topics.
How does she use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
She uses CBT to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try alternative responses. Sessions often include practical exercises to change thinking patterns and behaviors between meetings.
What is her background and experience?
She holds the LPC credential and has 28 years of clinical experience working with trauma, life changes, mood disorders, and caregiving or workplace stress.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is an LPC licensed in Arizona and provides services from that state.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
International clients are not accepted.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Costs vary with location; the practice uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session through the booking flow.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe, use the crisis numbers.