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Marianne Kaukiainen-Russo, LMHC

Based in New York Online sessions

Calm, practical support for life and parenting challenges

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Years in practice
5
Credentials
LMHC
Licensed in
New York
Languages
English
Focus
Stress, Anxiety
Focus
Relationship issues
Focus
Self esteem
About

About Marianne

Marianne Kaukiainen-Russo is a licensed mental health counselor who brings a practical, supportive style to sessions. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, career concerns, and parenting. Marianne draws on five years as an LMHC in New York and a longer background helping people through academic and life decisions.

She centers sessions on collaboration and empathy. Marianne listens for strengths and builds small, doable steps to reduce overwhelm. Conversations aim to clarify goals, improve coping skills, and boost everyday confidence.

Background and approach

Her prior work included college guidance for more than a decade and a half. That experience shaped a straightforward approach to planning, decision making, and motivation. Clients often explore how personal values and long-term goals connect to current struggles.

Marianne helps people manage relationship stress, attachment concerns, and communication problems. She also supports those coping with life changes such as divorce, fertility challenges, or career shifts. Practical tools and short-term strategies are commonly used alongside deeper reflection.

Sessions may address anxiety symptoms like panic attacks, social anxiety, and worry, as well as issues around abandonment, guilt, or shame. Marianne frames progress as gradual and tailored to each person’s pace and needs. If someone is juggling parenting pressures, career choices, and emotional fatigue, she offers focused, stepwise guidance.

The work is collaborative: clients define priorities and Marianne helps map realistic next steps.

Focus areas and approaches

What Marianne works with

Everything Marianne lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Marianne helps people with.

Online support

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Marianne uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One common approach emphasizes building concrete coping skills for anxiety and panic - teaching breath and grounding techniques, breaking worries into manageable steps, and practicing exposure to feared situations in gradual ways. This helps reduce daily overwhelm and improves confidence facing stressors.

Another approach centers on attachment and relationship patterns, helping people notice how past experiences influence current connections. Sessions explore communication habits, boundaries, and strategies to repair or strengthen interactions. This work can help with feelings of abandonment, trust issues, and recurring relationship conflicts.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Marianne works collaboratively to match methods to a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. She will check in regularly and adjust techniques so they fit the pace and aims of each person she sees.

Online therapy by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Video allows face-to-face conversation for skills practice and deeper dialogue. Phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging support brief check-ins, homework, or progress notes between sessions. These formats provide flexibility so therapeutic work can continue around parenting, work, and other commitments.
Questions

Questions people ask about Marianne

What concerns does Marianne address?

Marianne helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, career decisions, parenting, and coping with life changes. She also works on attachment issues, panic, social anxiety, and related relationship or family challenges.

What is her therapy style like?

Her style is empathetic and collaborative with an emphasis on practical steps. Sessions focus on listening, identifying strengths, and building small strategies people can use day to day.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has five years as a licensed mental health counselor in New York plus over 15 years of prior work in college guidance. That mix informs both emotional support and practical planning.

What are her credentials and practice location?

She holds the LMHC credential and practices in New York. The listing shows her as a New York licensed mental health counselor.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

She meets via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Those options offer different ways to check in and work on goals between sessions.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model. The subscription can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. Then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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