About Marianne
Marianne Penichet is a licensed clinical social worker in Florida with 26 years of practice. She focuses on helping people manage depression, anxiety, relationship concerns, and the effects of past trauma. Marianne speaks English and uses straightforward, practical methods in sessions.
Her work emphasizes collaboration. She treats each person as the expert in their own life and builds on existing strengths. Sessions often begin by identifying a few concrete goals and small steps toward them.
Background and approach
Marianne draws on approaches that help people change unhelpful thoughts, find motivation, and create workable solutions. She uses simple tools to manage stress, improve self-esteem, and cope with big life changes. When trauma or grief is involved, she helps people stabilize first and then address painful memories at a manageable pace.
Parents and caregivers will find a practical focus on immediate concerns like parenting stress, family conflict, and balancing work and home demands. Marianne also supports people facing chronic illness, career shifts, substance concerns, and issues related to identity and intimacy. Sessions can take different forms to fit a client’s life, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Marianne asks about each person’s goals and preferences, then works with them to choose a steady, realistic path forward.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Marianne uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change thoughts and behaviors that make problems worse; this approach often suits depression, anxiety, and mood concerns. Motivational Interviewing is a conversational method she uses to build a person’s own reasons for change and increase readiness for action, which can help with addictions, career moves, or lifestyle shifts. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on identifying small, practical steps and personal strengths that move someone toward their goals rather than dwelling on problems.Choosing the right approach is a joint process. Marianne explores a person’s goals, preferences, and daily realities to decide which methods to try first. She adjusts strategies over time and works with clients to track progress and change course when needed.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, giving flexibility for busy schedules. Video is useful for longer discussions and visual cues, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other commitments while maintaining consistent contact with a licensed professional.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English