- Years in practice
- 9
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English, Spanish, Romanian
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Mariana
Mariana Scutaru is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in Pennsylvania who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and parenting challenges. She works with concerns that include relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Mariana offers a calm, straightforward approach aimed at making therapy practical and usable for everyday life.
She keeps sessions focused on what is happening day to day. Clients can expect a warm, nonjudgmental space to talk about painful memories and current struggles.
Background and approach
Mariana uses simple tools people can try between sessions to reduce anxiety and improve communication. Her background includes nine years working in community and university settings. That experience includes supporting people through sexual abuse, trauma, grief, and family problems.
She brings both clinical experience and everyday sensitivity to parenting concerns and blended family issues. Mariana integrates a few evidence-informed methods to meet each person's needs. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and build coping skills. Narrative and emotion-focused work are used when exploring personal stories and strengthening emotional connection. Sessions are offered in English, Spanish, and Romanian.
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can choose what fits their schedule. Therapy uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What Mariana works with
Everything Mariana lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Mariana helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- LGBT
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Mariana lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Narrative Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Mariana adapts attachment and CBT for online work
Mariana commonly uses attachment-based approaches and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online sessions. Attachment-based work looks at early relationship patterns and how they show up now, helping people notice connection needs and change interaction habits. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and improve mood.Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will ask about goals, daily routines, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they choose methods and adjust them over time based on what feels most helpful and practical for the person seeking support.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people work face to face when visual cues matter. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier when a quieter environment is available. Live chat and text-based messaging allow for shorter check-ins, writing through thoughts, and more frequent touchpoints between sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy parenting schedules and work life.
Questions people ask about Mariana
What kinds of concerns does Mariana help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting concerns, ADHD, and related challenges like communication problems and codependency.
How does she approach therapy?
Her style is warm and nonjudgmental with an emphasis on practical tools. Sessions mix emotional exploration with skill-building to address thoughts, behaviors, and relationship patterns.
What experience does she bring?
Mariana has nine years of experience in community and university settings supporting people through trauma, family problems, sexual abuse recovery, and life transitions.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She holds the LMFT credential and is licensed in Pennsylvania as a marriage and family therapist.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, Spanish, and Romanian.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are costs handled?
Sessions use a subscription that varies with location and therapist availability and can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.
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