About Mariana
Mariana Mackinnon is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Florida. She speaks English and Spanish and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and life transitions. Many clients seek her help for trauma, grief, compassion fatigue, addiction concerns, and questions about identity and intimacy.
Mariana draws on somatic ideas alongside evidence-based talk therapies to help people feel more grounded in their bodies and minds. Sessions aim to identify patterns that keep someone stuck and to try small, practical changes that make daily life easier.
Background and approach
She emphasizes clear steps and steady progress rather than quick fixes. Her background includes living and working abroad, which shaped her sense for cultural nuance and the experience of living between worlds. That perspective informs how she talks about identity and belonging with clients.
Mariana brings eight years of clinical experience to her practice and works with adults on a wide range of concerns listed above. In session she keeps the tone direct and compassionate. People can expect a collaborative process where goals are identified together and methods are adjusted to fit personal preferences.
Treatment may include present-focused strategies as well as body-based awareness to address how stress shows up physically. Mariana offers sessions in English and Spanish and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. To begin, a short matching questionnaire helps pair a person to her practice and schedule.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Somatic-informed work focuses on how stress and emotions show up in the body. It helps people notice physical sensations, learn gentle ways to regulate them, and connect bodily awareness to daily coping. This approach can be useful for trauma responses, chronic stress, and anxiety.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, emphasizes values and small committed actions. It supports people who feel stuck by helping them clarify what matters most and experiment with manageable steps toward those values. Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening, empathy, and respect so people feel heard and can lead the pace of change.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels comfortable. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress unfolds in a collaborative way.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. These formats let people meet from home, use shorter check-ins when needed, and maintain continuity when travel or schedules change. Many clients appreciate the flexibility and the ability to access care in their preferred language.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Depression
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish