Marlene Merchant , LMHC

Marlene Merchant is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) who centers her work on practical, goal-focused therapy. She uses clear, skills-based methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, mood struggles, and intimacy-related issues. Her tone is encouraging and steady, aimed at people taking therapy steps for the first time or returning after a break.

With ten years of experience, she uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing to help clients build useful habits. Sessions concentrate on daily tools - breathing and grounding practices, checking unhelpful thoughts, and setting small realistic goals. The work is hands-on and collaborative, not just talk.

Marlene helps people facing addictions, eating and body-image concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, and relationship and family stress. She also addresses sleep problems, low self-esteem, career transitions, and feelings of isolation or jealousy. Intimacy-related concerns and compulsive behaviors are part of her focus areas as well.

Her approach blends steady guidance with practical assignments. Clients often leave sessions with one or two clear steps to try between meetings. Marlene emphasizes improving self-care routines so people feel better able to cope with daily pressures.

She practices in New York and works with English speakers. International clients are accepted, and sessions are arranged through the service’s matching and scheduling process. To begin, choose the Start Therapy button and complete the short matching questionnaire to schedule a session.

How Marlene’s Approaches Work Online

Marlene combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy to help people change unhelpful thoughts and build calmer daily routines. CBT focuses on identifying and shifting thought patterns and behaviors that keep problems going. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple awareness practices to reduce reactivity and manage stress.

She also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people find their own reasons for change and to set manageable goals. That approach is useful when someone feels stuck or uncertain about next steps. Together these methods aim to produce clear actions clients can practice between sessions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Marlene will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences, and then recommend steps to try. This is a team effort where the therapist and client regularly review what is and isn’t helping.

The biography did not list specific session formats, so confirm available options when you book. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and reduce travel time. Discuss scheduling and format preferences with the therapist during the matching and scheduling process to find what fits your routine.