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Marlea Major

Calm, practical support for life’s challenges

LMHC, LPC Florida

Experience
10 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Parenting
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English
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About Marlea

Marlea Major is a licensed mental health counselor who welcomes people seeking practical support for stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and related concerns.

Background and approach

With a decade of professional counseling experience and additional years working alongside military and local responder communities, she draws on an understanding of trauma, caregiving challenges, parenting stress, addictions, sleep problems, attention differences, and relationship or family issues.

She combines cognitive behavioral tools with client-centered and existential perspectives to help clients build coping skills, examine unhelpful thinking patterns, and reconnect with their values. Marlea emphasizes respectful, compassionate care that avoids stigmatizing labels and supports each person’s autonomy.

Her background includes long-term work with foster children and families, which informs her sensitivity to adoption, abandonment, and family-of-origin issues. Marlea holds dual credentials as an LMHC and an LPC and practices in Florida.

Her style is warm and collaborative, using motivational interviewing and mindfulness techniques alongside CBT to help clients set goals, increase self-awareness, and strengthen resilience during life transitions.

Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life

Marlea frequently uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help clients identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns and develop practical coping skills for anxiety, depression, panic, and sleep issues. She also draws on client-centered therapy, offering empathic, nonjudgmental listening that puts the client’s goals and experience at the center of the work. Existential therapy is another element of her practice, inviting exploration of values, meaning, and life choices when clients face transitions or questions about purpose.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Marlea works with clients to assess needs, preferences, and goals, and she adapts techniques from CBT, client-centered work, existential reflection, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to create a personalized plan that evolves over time.

Online sessions offer practical flexibility for people balancing work, caregiving, or other responsibilities. Available formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so clients can choose the option that fits their schedule and comfort level. These remote formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care and access therapeutic support from wherever the client is located in Florida.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does this therapist help with?
Marlea works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, self-esteem, career issues, addictions, relationships, family dynamics, sleeping problems, anger, and depression.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques, existential reflection, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to support practical skill building and personal meaning making.
What is her professional background and experience?
She has 10 years of counseling experience and many additional years working with military and local responder communities and with foster children and their families.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
The clinician holds LMHC and LPC credentials and practices in Florida. License details include FL LMHC MH17032 and GA LPC LPC013052.
Which languages are available for sessions and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English, and international clients are not currently accepted.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Clients can meet through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference and availability.
How is cost handled for sessions with this therapist?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are required to begin working with her?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseParenting issuesSelf esteemCareer difficulties

Also works with

AddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsSleeping disordersAnger managementDepressionCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAutism and Asperger SyndromeCaregiver issues and stressDissociationDomestic violenceFamily of origin issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessImpulsivityVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobia

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational Interviewing

Experience

10+ years

Licensed

Florida, Georgia

Languages

English