Mariama Samateh, LMFT

Mariama Samateh is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Florida with 12 years of experience. She greets people with a straightforward, caring approach and helps them find clearer ways forward. Mariama aims to make time spent in therapy practical and meaningful for each person.

She focuses on relationship and family-related concerns along with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and addiction. She also supports people facing parenting challenges, postpartum depression, bipolar mood issues, ADHD, and the fallout from separation or infidelity. Additional topics she addresses include communication problems, codependency, domestic violence, immigration stress, and sexual assault and abuse.

Mariama uses client-centered methods to create a respectful, non-judgmental space. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to notice and change unhelpful thinking and on solution-focused strategies to set concrete short-term goals. For trauma-related concerns she uses trauma-focused approaches to help people process painful events and reduce their hold on daily life.

Her work emphasizes seeing individuals in the context of their relationships and life systems. Mariama encourages honesty, compassion, and personal accountability while helping clients identify strengths and practical tools they can use after sessions end. She aims to help people leave therapy feeling more empowered and clearer about next steps.

Sessions are offered in English, Bambara, and Wolof. Mariama accepts international clients and works with adults seeking support for relationship and life challenges.

How Mariama Uses Treatment Approaches Online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building trust. The therapist follows the person's lead, reflects what they say, and helps them set their own pace and priorities. This approach helps when someone needs a calm space to sort through feelings and choices.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect behavior and mood. Online CBT sessions can include working on specific skills to manage anxiety, depression, impulsivity, or ADHD-related challenges. Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on practical, small steps that move someone toward a goal and is useful when people want quick, concrete changes.

Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with clients about goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust based on what helps most. Clients often mix elements from different approaches as needed.

Confirm the available session formats before booking, as options are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and help people continue care across locations. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and goal tracking to remote sessions so progress stays practical and focused.