About Marianne
Marianne Shaffer offers a warm, thoughtful approach to psychotherapy. She is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - practicing in Mississippi with four years of experience. Marianne focuses on helping people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, anger, and postpartum depression.
She aims to create a connection that balances compassion and clear thinking. Sessions are conversational and direct. Marianne will listen closely, ask questions that clarify what matters most, and help set practical steps forward.
Background and approach
Her work draws on a mix of evidence-based techniques, shaped to each person’s needs. She often blends cognitive-oriented methods with mindfulness practices to reduce worry and improve emotional regulation. The plan for therapy is created together, and adjusted as progress unfolds.
Marianne has particular experience supporting people who have experienced sexual assault and domestic violence. She approaches those concerns with sensitivity and steady pacing, letting each person move at a comfortable speed. Her goal is to help people feel safer in their thoughts and reactions while building skills for daily life.
She respects individual differences and adapts sessions to fit each person’s situation. For someone taking the first step, the process begins with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session that fits their timing.
Approaches and how online sessions help
Marianne commonly uses cognitive approaches and mindfulness-based techniques. Cognitive methods focus on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them with practical exercises. This helps reduce persistent worry and negative self-talk. Mindfulness practices teach simple ways to notice thoughts and feelings without getting swept away, which often reduces reactivity and improves calm.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist and client decide together which techniques to try, based on goals, preferences, and what feels helpful. Plans are adjusted over time so the work matches real life and real results.
Online therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video lets people work face to face when a longer session is needed. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a shorter break. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for quick check-ins or when writing is easier than speaking. These options make it easier to keep progress going despite busy schedules or travel.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Postpartum depression
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English