Works with
- Anger
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Marianne works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Years in practice
- 26
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Marianne
Marianne Penichet is a licensed clinical social worker with 26 years of experience in Florida. She helps people facing relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and anger. Marianne encourages clients to build on their own strengths while making practical changes.
She frames therapy as a collaborative process and offers steady support through difficult moments. Marianne focuses on clear, goal-oriented work. She uses techniques from cognitive behavioral approaches to help people spot unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors.
Background and approach
Motivational interviewing is part of her style when someone needs help finding internal reasons to change. Solution-focused methods guide short-term planning and concrete steps forward. Sessions are paced to match individual needs.
Marianne aims to create simple tools people can use between meetings, such as coping strategies for stress and steps to manage anger when it flares. She also helps with grief, life transitions, and challenges tied to identity or chronic illness. Her practice style is direct and supportive.
Conversations are practical and focused on what will make daily life easier. She encourages small experiments and reviews progress together so goals stay relevant and realistic. Marianne works with a range of concerns including addictions, ADHD, intimacy issues, and career stress.
She welcomes conversations about multicultural and family-related challenges and tailors work to each person’s history and values.
What Marianne works with
Everything Marianne lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Marianne's practice.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Dependent personality
- Family problems
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Marianne lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Marianne draws from cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change thought patterns that contribute to depression, anxiety, anger, or other problems. CBT focuses on small, testable changes in thinking and behavior that can reduce symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning.She also uses motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons for change and to strengthen commitment. This method is useful for issues like addictions, motivation challenges, and making life changes. Solution-focused therapy is part of her practice for people who prefer brief, goal-directed work; it concentrates on immediate steps and practical solutions rather than long histories.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Marianne works with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences. She checks in about what is helping and adjusts techniques so the work stays useful and manageable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is well suited for longer sessions and visual cues, while phone can work when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or messaging can be useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when someone prefers written communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other busy schedules.
Questions people ask about Marianne
What issues does Marianne help with?
She supports people with relationship problems, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, anxiety, anger, and related concerns listed in her specialties.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach is practical and collaborative, using straightforward techniques to build skills and set short-term goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 26 years of professional experience working in behavioral health and related settings.
Where is Marianne licensed and located?
She is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Florida.
What languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are delivered through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.