About Marlea
Marlea Mazyck is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and challenges with addiction. She works with adults who want practical ways to cope and move forward. Her tone is supportive and straightforward, and she centers each person’s own experience and strengths.
With five years of practice, Marlea focuses on helping people notice what matters to them and take clear steps toward change. She encourages clients to name their priorities and to try small, manageable actions that fit daily life.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with room for real emotions and honest reflection. Her approach mixes tried methods that help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with therapies that emphasize values and personal meaning. She draws on tools from cognitive behavioral work, acceptance and commitment ideas, motivational interviewing, narrative techniques, and client-centered listening.
The blend is tailored to each person rather than a one-size-fits-all plan. Marlea also pays attention to life-stage concerns and caregiving strain, aging and geriatric issues, and the stresses faced by first responders. She supports people dealing with attachment wounds, guilt, shame, and feelings of emptiness.
Topics such as hospice and end-of-life adjustment, seasonal mood shifts, and women’s concerns are within her stated focus areas. Located in South Carolina, she holds credentials as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Licensed Independent Social Worker. Marlea aims to help people build practical habits, clearer thinking, and more self-compassion as they work toward their goals.
How her approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small committed steps toward those values, even when difficult feelings are present. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and acting to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes an open, nonjudgmental conversation where the therapist listens closely and follows the client’s lead to build understanding and self-direction.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Marlea will work with each person to try techniques, review what helps, and adjust methods based on goals and preferences. The plan can shift over time as needs change and progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is a quick way to check in, and text messaging supports brief updates or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, and other commitments while still using the same therapeutic methods.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina, Ohio, Florida, Georgia
- Languages
- English