Mariana Mackinnon

Mariana Mackinnon is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and career concerns. She speaks English and Spanish and draws on her own experience moving between cultures to understand identity questions and life transitions. Many clients come for help with grief, burnout, trauma, or changes that feel overwhelming. She grew up in a bilingual Latino household and lived and worked in Madrid, Spain. Those experiences inform how she listens and responds in sessions. Mariana focuses on practical steps people can take to feel steadier and more able to act in line with their values. Her approach blends several methods to fit each person’s needs, including techniques that help with painful memories, present-moment coping skills, and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Sessions include space for story, emotion, and concrete skills practice so clients leave with things to try between visits. Mariana has eight years of clinical experience and holds the LCSW credential in Florida. She works with individual adults and with couples who want to repair connection or navigate transitions. Cultural background and identity are part of the work she invites into the room. People often come for help with compassion fatigue, addictions, intimacy issues, ADHD, or body-image concerns. She also supports those facing caregiver stress, chronic illness, codependency, and challenges around attachment and abandonment.

To start, clients use the site’s Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability. The therapist uses a subscription model for sessions that can be canceled at any time.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice what matters and take steps toward those values even when feelings are hard. It is useful for life transitions, career uncertainty, and anxiety that gets in the way of action.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at how thoughts, behaviors, and emotions interact. It teaches practical skills to change patterns that fuel depression, anxiety, or relationship problems.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is an approach that focuses on reducing the intensity of distress connected to past events. It can be helpful for trauma, painful memories, and some forms of burnout or compassion fatigue.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods suited to those goals, and adjust the plan as therapy progresses. Most people find a mix of skills practice, reflective conversation, and focused memory work works best for them.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session formats before booking. This therapist’s practice emphasizes fitting sessions into everyday life - finding times that work around jobs, caregiving, or schooling, and using approaches that match how you prefer to work. Online sessions can make it easier to plan consistent visits and to apply new skills between meetings without adding extra travel time.