Therapist profile
Marlea Major, LMHC, LPC
Licensed counselor - Family and parenting focus
Continue with MarleaAbout
- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma and PTSD
- Parenting support
About Marlea
Marlea Major is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with ten years of clinical experience. She is based in Florida and lists family and parenting among her focus areas. She commonly sees people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, depression, and issues with sleep and anger.
Before counseling, she spent over 20 years working as a first responder in the military and local agencies. That background informs her understanding of trauma, caregiver stress, and challenges linked to first responder work. She has substantial experience supporting foster and adoptive caregivers and caring for children placed in foster care, and she names adoption and foster care concerns as a particular focus.
Her approach centers on Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and elements of Existential and Mindfulness therapies, with Motivational Interviewing used when helpful. In sessions she blends practical skill-building with conversations about values and meaning. Expect clear, direct discussion of coping strategies and small steps to change unhelpful patterns.
Marlea works with issues such as PTSD, panic attacks, addiction, social anxiety, and family of origin concerns. She also lists caregiver issues, abandonment, dissociation, domestic violence, and veteran and armed forces issues among her areas of attention. Sessions address both immediate coping and longer-term patterns.
Sessions are conducted in English and Marlea does not accept international clients. Costs vary by location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the person. It supports people who need space to sort through parenting dilemmas, family conflict, or grief without being pushed toward an agenda. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) emphasizes identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes. It is useful for anxiety, panic, sleep problems, and managing anger.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and daily routines. Together they choose whether to prioritize skills practice, values-based reflection, or a mixture of both. That collaborative process helps shape the plan for sessions and homework between visits.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Therapists and licensed professionals often adapt exercises, worksheets, mindfulness practices, and CBT tools for remote sessions so work continues between meetings.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Florida, Georgia
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of family or parenting concerns does she address?
She lists parenting strain, foster and adoptive care challenges, family of origin problems, and related stress among her focus areas.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style combines Client-Centered methods, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, existential reflection, and mindfulness. She mixes practical skills with conversations about values and meaning.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years of clinical counseling experience and more than 20 years of prior first responder service in military and local agencies.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the credentials LMHC and LPC and is based in Florida. The biography lists FL LMHC and GA LPC.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to people overseas?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available with her?
The original profile does not specify session formats. Confirm current session options before booking to learn whether telehealth or other formats are offered.
How are sessions billed and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Start by clicking the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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