- Anxiety and stress
- Self esteem support
- CBT and mindfulness
About Marianna
Marianna Birdsong is an LCSW who focuses on helping adults manage anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, and major life changes. She welcomes people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure about next steps and wants to build clearer ways to cope. Marianna uses straightforward, practical strategies and a calm, patient manner to guide conversations and decision making.
She favors Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Client-Centered Therapy as starting points and adapts methods based on each person's needs. Sessions typically involve talking through patterns, testing new ways of thinking, and practicing skills between meetings. She also draws on mindfulness and dialectical skills when those tools fit a client's goals.
Before becoming a therapist, Marianna worked as an emergency medical technician and as a peer counselor. Those roles shaped her approach to stress, trauma, and first responder issues and gave her hands-on experience with crisis and coping. She brings eight years of clinical experience to her practice and keeps a practical focus in sessions.
Marianna holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, LCSW, in California. She practices from California and offers services in English and Hungarian. People interested in addressing career questions, body image, family communication, or feelings of emptiness often seek her out for a collaborative process.
To begin, she asks clients to clarify short-term goals and then builds a plan that fits their day-to-day life. The work is steady and goal oriented, with attention to coping skills, mood management, and rebuilding confidence.
She favors Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Client-Centered Therapy as starting points and adapts methods based on each person's needs. Sessions typically involve talking through patterns, testing new ways of thinking, and practicing skills between meetings. She also draws on mindfulness and dialectical skills when those tools fit a client's goals.
Before becoming a therapist, Marianna worked as an emergency medical technician and as a peer counselor. Those roles shaped her approach to stress, trauma, and first responder issues and gave her hands-on experience with crisis and coping. She brings eight years of clinical experience to her practice and keeps a practical focus in sessions.
Marianna holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, LCSW, in California. She practices from California and offers services in English and Hungarian. People interested in addressing career questions, body image, family communication, or feelings of emptiness often seek her out for a collaborative process.
To begin, she asks clients to clarify short-term goals and then builds a plan that fits their day-to-day life. The work is steady and goal oriented, with attention to coping skills, mood management, and rebuilding confidence.