Marianne Smith, LPC

Marianne Smith is an Arizona Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 28 years of clinical experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, anger, depression, grief, and other life changes. Marianne practices in English and bases her work on approaches that help people manage emotions and rebuild daily routines.

She uses straightforward communication and a calm presence in sessions. Marianne draws on Client-Centered Therapy to listen first and understand each person's priorities. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thinking, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotional regulation and distress tolerance.

Her background includes decades of one-on-one therapy with people who faced trauma, major transitions, and persistent mood challenges. That experience shapes how she sequences goals and practical skills work. Sessions tend to focus on concrete steps people can try between meetings, along with checking how those steps felt.

Marianne helps clients unpack everyday problems such as workplace stress, communication troubles, parenting strain, and difficulties with intimacy or self-esteem. She also addresses issues more specific to identity and life stage, like gender dysphoria, LGBT concerns, and caregiver stress. Clients may work on reducing reactive anger, improving how they set boundaries, or calming panic symptoms.

To begin, prospective clients are asked to use the site process to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

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