- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- Client-Centered work
- Dream and Jungian work
About Mariah
Mariah Larkin is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 30 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, and clients exploring LGBT issues. She also offers coaching for life direction and midlife transitions.
Her work blends emotion-focused methods with client-centered listening. She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) alongside approaches drawn from existential and Jungian ideas. Mariah also incorporates hypnotherapy and mindfulness practices when they fit a person's needs.
Sessions may focus on understanding repeated relationship patterns and naming emotions that are hard to name. She uses dream work and depth-oriented exploration when someone wants to trace issues into longer-term roots. For more immediate symptom relief, she can draw on cognitive tools and short-term techniques.
Mariah has a history of supporting people in alternative and creative lifestyles and notes a specialty in men’s issues. She pays attention to multicultural concerns and problems such as body image, obsessions and compulsions, PTSD, seasonal mood changes, social anxiety, and questions of self-love and life purpose.
Her first session is an opportunity to review background and what brings someone to therapy. She describes the work as collaborative and gradual, with practical tools offered alongside longer-term reflection. Sessions include teaching meditative and psycho-spiritual techniques for use between meetings.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Mariah often uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people identify and name difficult emotions and to address recurring patterns in close relationships. EFT focuses on emotions and attachment-related themes and can be helpful for people who want clearer emotional responses. She also practices Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes listening and responding to each person's concerns without directing the agenda. That approach supports people who prefer to lead the pace and topics of sessions. Existential Therapy is part of her work as well, offering conversations about meaning, life purpose, and how to face difficult choices. Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Mariah will work with clients to evaluate which methods fit their needs and goals, and she may combine short-term techniques with deeper exploratory work. The plan can change as progress is made. Confirm the currently offered session options before booking, since formats were not specified in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so appointments can be scheduled around work or family obligations. Therapists and licensed professionals often find that remote work supports continuity of care while people balance everyday responsibilities.Areas of expertise
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Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
30+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, LGBT issues, and coaching for life direction. Additional focuses include body image, obsessions and compulsions, PTSD, SAD, social anxiety, and mens and womens issues.
What is her therapeutic style?
She blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy with client-centered listening and existential and Jungian perspectives. She may add hypnotherapy or mindfulness exercises when they fit the client's goals.
How much experience does she have?
She has 30 years of clinical experience as a practicing therapist in California.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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