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LMFT

Marian Marciel, LMFT

  • Experience10 years
  • LocationCalifornia
  • Focus areasADHD, Relationship, and Family
  • LanguagesEnglish
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About Marian

Marian Marciel is an LMFT based in California with a decade of clinical experience helping people navigate relationship challenges, family conflict, grief and loss, and struggles with parenting and self-esteem.

Background and approach

She centers the client as the expert of their own story and builds on individual strengths to address stress, anxiety, addictions, intimacy-related issues, and ADHD-related concerns. Marian emphasizes motivation and confidence as pathways to change, supporting clients through practical challenges and emotional transitions.

Her approach is collaborative and strengths-based, inviting clients to take active roles in setting goals and discovering what works for them. Marian also addresses communication breakdowns, feelings of isolation or loneliness, and self-love as part of broader healing and growth.

She acknowledges that beginning therapy takes courage and frames that first step as an important part of the process, offering steady guidance as clients work toward clearer boundaries, improved coping, and more satisfying relationships.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Accessible Online Care



Marian draws on widely used evidence-based techniques that focus on building skills and changing unhelpful patterns. One approach emphasizes practical coping skills for stress, anxiety, and ADHD-related challenges, teaching tools for organization, emotion regulation, and managing overwhelm. Another approach concentrates on improving communication and relationship dynamics, helping clients identify interaction patterns, practice new ways of relating, and strengthen connection and boundaries.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist partners with each person to learn about their goals, preferences, and daily reality, then tailors methods and pacing so the work fits the client's needs. This collaborative stance helps people try strategies, reflect on what helps, and adjust the plan over time.

Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone conversations, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to access care from different locations in California. These formats support regular check-ins, skill practice between sessions, and options that match schedules and comfort levels, helping clients maintain momentum while balancing other responsibilities.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
Areas of focus include relationship and family issues, grief and loss, parenting challenges, self-esteem, stress and anxiety, addictions, intimacy-related issues, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
How would you describe the therapeutic style and approach?
The therapist works in a collaborative, strengths-based manner that encourages clients to build on existing resources and set practical goals for change.
What is the clinician's background and experience?
Marian has 10 years of clinical experience helping people with motivation, confidence, communication problems, and emotional challenges across various life transitions.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
The clinician is licensed as an LMFT in California with license number CA LMFT 51121.
Are sessions available in languages other than English or to international clients?
Sessions are conducted in English and this therapist is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats does the therapist offer?
Clients can work with the therapist via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging according to availability.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Pricing varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are required to begin therapy?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefParenting issuesSelf esteem

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsIntimacy-related issuesCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Communication problemsIsolation / lonelinessSelf-love

Experience

10+ years

Licensed

California

Languages

English