About Marian
Marian Maguire is a licensed independent clinical social worker with 20 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and ADHD. She is based in Massachusetts and takes a practical, team-based approach. Her style is straightforward and focused on small, achievable steps.
Marian combines approaches that suit each person's needs. She uses client-centered methods to listen and shape goals around what matters to the individual. She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify patterns of thought and behavior that get in the way, and solution-focused techniques to build immediate strategies for daily life.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to be collaborative and goal-oriented. Marian works with people on relationship and intimacy issues, career concerns, grief and trauma, and self-esteem. She also supports those navigating parenting challenges, bipolar mood concerns, and caregiving stress.
Her method is practical: she helps people set clear, manageable goals and practices skills between sessions. Expect direct feedback, homework when useful, and frequent check-ins about progress. The aim is to make changes that fit into everyday routines.
Marian draws on two decades of clinical experience to guide assessments and treatment planning. She emphasizes preparation and pacing so changes can feel sustainable. People who want structured support and plainspoken guidance often find this approach helpful.
How Marian’s approaches are used in online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding your experience and tailoring goals to what you want to change. The therapist listens actively and helps you set priorities that match your life and values.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the thoughts and habits that keep problems going and teaches clear strategies to shift them. It can help with anxiety, depression, ADHD-related routines, and coping with stressful situations.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Marian works with each person to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and pace. She checks in often and adapts strategies as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets you have full conversations and practice skills face-to-face. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer brief, flexible options for quick support or between-session check-ins. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep continuity when travel or life changes make in-person meetings difficult.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
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