Marlea Major, LMHC, LPC

Marlea Major is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) and licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Florida with ten years of clinical experience. She offers a direct, compassionate approach for people struggling with stress, anxiety, trauma, parenting challenges, addiction, and relationship concerns. Her background as a veteran and first responder informs how she listens and responds to people under ongoing pressure.

Marlea draws on client-centered methods that put the person’s goals first while using practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to tackle unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses existential ideas to help people find meaning during life transitions, and mindfulness practices to manage overwhelming feelings. Sessions tend to be straightforward and focused on what the client needs in the moment.

Her experience includes many years supporting foster children and the caregivers who care for them, and work with people affected by physical or emotional abuse, post-traumatic stress, and panic. She also works with concerns such as sleep disruption, anger, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and career stress. Marlea aims to treat everyone with respect, compassion, and dignity.

Clients can expect a balance of listening and skill-building. Marlea emphasizes education about symptoms and practical strategies clients can try between sessions. She encourages people to take the steps that feel manageable and to move at their own pace.

If someone is ready to begin, Marlea invites them to reach out via the provider’s matching process to complete the matching questionnaire and schedule a session.

How Marlea’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Marlea uses client-centered therapy to place the person’s goals and values at the center of each session. That means she listens first, then helps shape the work around what matters most to the client. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thought patterns and try small experiments or homework that change behavior and reduce distress. Existential therapy helps people facing big life questions or transitions by talking about meaning, responsibility, and choices.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist and client review goals, preferences, and day-to-day constraints to decide which methods to emphasize. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as progress is reviewed.

Specific session formats were not listed in the biography, so please confirm the current online session options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and let people continue care without travel. Licensed professionals can guide practical skills, breathing or mindfulness exercises, and CBT tools effectively through remote sessions when those formats are available.