About Mariah
Mariah Larkin is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 30 years of experience in California. She brings a warm, interactive style and focuses on helping people facing anxiety, stress, depression, and relationship concerns. Mariah also works with clients exploring sexual orientation and identity issues and provides coaching around life purpose and self-love.
She draws on somatic ideas alongside talking therapies to help people notice how their body holds stress and emotion.
Background and approach
Sessions can include breath work, mindful awareness, and grounding practices paired with conversation. Mariah often uses Emotionally-Focused and client-centered approaches to help people name feelings and shift patterns in relationships and daily life. Longer-term work can include exploring deeper material such as dreams and meaning, while shorter-term plans focus on practical coping skills and behavior change.
Hypnotherapy and mindfulness tools are options when they fit a person’s goals. The emphasis is on matching methods to what someone wants to change and how they prefer to work. Mariah aims to create an empathic space where people can speak honestly and begin to trust their own experience.
She offers straightforward guidance and teaches practices that can be used between sessions. Her approach blends reflective listening with practical exercises to build skills and insight. New clients begin by sharing background and current concerns so goals can be set together.
Mariah moves at a steady pace, taking one step at a time to reduce overwhelm and help people feel more present in daily life.
How therapeutic approaches translate online
Mariah commonly uses Somatic Therapy to help people notice bodily signs of stress and learn simple regulation practices. This approach pairs body-based exercises with discussion and can help with anxiety, stress, and chronic tension. Client-Centered Therapy is another core thread - it focuses on providing an accepting, listening space so people can find their own answers and build self-trust. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and shift unhelpful emotional patterns, which can be useful for relationship worries and intense emotional reactions.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and try different methods to see what feels most helpful. Together you will shape a plan that reflects your preferences, whether that means learning grounding skills, exploring meaning, or addressing relationship patterns.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to practice skills between sessions. Video lets you use visual cues and guided exercises, while chat and text can be useful for short check-ins and ongoing support.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
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- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English