About Mariel
Mariel Diaz uses an approach grounded in attachment work and evidence-informed therapies to help people find clearer footing during stressful times. She is a licensed clinical social worker with 18 years of experience and offers straightforward, compassionate care. Her style is practical and respectful, with conversations shaped around each person's needs.
She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, family strain, and career questions. Mariel also addresses attachment issues, communication problems, control struggles, and questions about life purpose.
Background and approach
She draws on methods that help people notice patterns and try new ways of responding. In sessions she mixes concrete tools and deeper reflection. That can look like identifying unhelpful thought patterns, practicing emotion regulation skills, and tracing how past relationships influence present choices.
She aims to help people build self-compassion and clearer boundaries. Mariel works with adults who want coaching-style guidance or traditional therapy. She supports those dealing with workplace strain, post-traumatic stress, or difficulties with self-love.
Her approach is collaborative - clients and therapist set goals together and adjust plans as needed. She is licensed as a clinical social worker - LCSW - and practices from Florida. Mariel speaks English and offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
Getting started involves a short questionnaire and scheduling a session based on availability.
How attachment work and skills-based therapy translate online
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns shape how someone connects now. Online sessions can use conversation and guided questions to notice those patterns, try new ways of relating, and rehearse different responses. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with new actions; online meetings are well suited to sharing worksheets, practicing skills, and setting small experiments between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match needs, goals, and preferences. That partnership means the plan can shift over time if one method feels less helpful and another seems more useful.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and screen sharing for exercises. Phone calls are good when bandwidth or visual focus is limited. Live chat or text messaging can fit short check-ins, quick skill practice, or people who prefer typing. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and varied daily routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
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- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- California, Florida
- Languages
- English