About Marianne
Marianne Matos is a licensed professional counselor who centers sessions on the person in front of her. She focuses on helping people build self-esteem and learn ways to speak up for themselves. Many clients come for help with trauma, stress, anxiety, or life transitions.
Marianne works in South Carolina and brings eight years of counseling experience to her practice. She uses clear, practical methods in sessions. Marianne draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and on attachment-based ideas to improve close relationships.
Background and approach
Dialectical behavior skills and existential approaches are available when clients want tools for emotion regulation and meaning-making. Marianne has a strong background in crisis and trauma work. She spent eight years at a crisis center helping people affected by domestic violence and sexual assault.
That experience shaped how she responds to immediate needs and safety concerns. Her training includes a Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. She also has experience supporting older adults and has worked directly with children and young adults in community settings.
People who choose Marianne can expect straightforward conversation, practical skill-building, and support for real-life problems like grief, caregiving stress, addiction, and relationship challenges. Her goal is to help clients find concrete ways to cope and move forward.
Approach-Based Online Care for Trauma and Everyday Stress
Marianne commonly uses attachment-based work to help people understand patterns in close relationships and how those patterns affect emotions and trust. This approach is useful for people dealing with abandonment, communication problems, or attachment issues.She also applies client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening without judgment and following the client's lead to build confidence and self-advocacy. Cognitive behavioral therapy is used to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can ease anxiety, depression, and sleeping or eating problems.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Marianne will talk with each person about their goals and worries, try different strategies, and adjust the plan as needed. The aim is to find what helps most for the individual's situation and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into daily life. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can support quick coping skills, brief check-ins, or ongoing encouragement between longer sessions. These options provide flexibility so people can keep therapy going around work, caregiving, or other commitments.
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What this counselor works with
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- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English