Marlea Major, LMHC, LPC

Marlea Major is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with ten years of clinical practice. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, and problems with sleep, anger, or addiction. Marlea draws on her background as a veteran and years of first responder work to understand high-stress roles and the kinds of emotional strain they can cause.

She uses a person-centered approach that emphasizes respect and empathy. Marlea blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques and elements of existential and mindfulness therapy to help people make practical changes. Motivational interviewing also informs her style when motivation and behavior change are goals.

In sessions she offers straightforward, educational explanations and concrete strategies people can use between meetings. That can include ways to manage panic or social anxiety, tools for coping with trauma and abuse, and supports for parenting challenges or caregiver stress. She also addresses issues like abandonment, dissociation, and problems tied to career or first responder experiences.

Marlea has experience working with people connected to foster care, adoption concerns, and veteran and armed forces issues. She emphasizes dignity and avoids stigmatizing labels, and aims to help each person regain a sense of control in daily life.

She practices in Florida and conducts work in English. To begin, the typical next step is the Start Therapy flow where people complete a short questionnaire and schedule according to availability.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Marlea uses client-centered therapy to create a respectful, listening-focused space where the person leads the topics and goals. This approach helps people feel heard and decide what matters most to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) provides practical steps to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, making it useful for anxiety, panic, and mood concerns. Mindfulness therapy trains simple attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and improve sleep and emotional regulation.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Marlea discusses goals and preferences with each person and together they pick techniques that fit the situation. That collaborative planning helps tailor sessions to issues like trauma and abuse, parenting stress, career strain, or first responder experiences.

Confirm the available session options before booking so they match your needs. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand. It also lets people use tools and exercises between meetings, which many find helpful for building skills and tracking progress.