About Marianne
Marianne Kaukiainen-Russo is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and ADHD. She draws on five years as an LMHC plus prior work guiding students through college decisions to support clients facing life and career transitions.
Marianne aims to create a practical, down-to-earth space where people can talk about what’s getting in the way and try new ways to cope.
Background and approach
She listens for patterns that affect daily life, like trouble concentrating, low mood, or relationship friction. Conversations focus on small, doable changes that add up over time. Marianne encourages clients to build on strengths they already have while trying tools to reduce overwhelm and improve focus.
Her background includes over 15 years in college guidance before becoming an LMHC, so she understands academic and career stress as well as personal concerns. That mix of experience helps when clients are juggling school, work, or family demands alongside mental health challenges. Sessions are collaborative and straightforward.
Marianne explains options, offers practical strategies, and adjusts the plan as needs shift. She emphasizes clear steps for managing anxiety, improving communication, and strengthening self-worth. Marianne works with people who want to address parenting stress, relationship strain, life transitions, and attention concerns like ADHD.
She provides support through conversations, behavioral ideas, and problem-solving to help clients move toward their goals.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Marianne uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and behavior change. One common approach emphasizes teaching concrete coping skills for anxiety and panic, such as breathing exercises, activity pacing, and step-by-step exposure to feared situations to reduce avoidance. These techniques help people manage symptoms that interfere with daily life.Another approach targets attention and organization challenges often associated with ADHD, using strategies like task breakdown, time management routines, and environmental adjustments to improve focus and follow-through. These methods aim to make everyday tasks more manageable rather than promising a cure.
Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. Marianne will talk with each person about goals, try techniques that fit their needs, and adjust the plan as progress and preferences become clearer. Clients and therapist work together to choose what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video sessions let people use visual cues and have deeper conversations. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to share quick updates, practice skills between sessions, and fit support into a busy day. These options make it simpler to receive ongoing help while balancing school, work, and family commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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