Mariana Mackinnon, LCSW

Mariana Mackinnon is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people move through stressful life moments. She speaks English and Spanish and draws on eight years of clinical experience to support people facing anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, and challenges tied to health or caregiving. Her style is warm and straightforward, aimed at helping people feel less stuck and more able to make choices that fit their lives.

Mariana grew up in a bilingual Latino home and spent time living and working in Madrid, Spain. Those experiences shape how she sees cultural and identity issues in therapy. She pays attention to how different expectations and backgrounds affect decisions and relationships.

In sessions she blends approaches such as acceptance and commitment therapy, client-centered work, cognitive behavioral tools, dialectical behavior strategies, and EMDR. That mix helps with trauma symptoms, burnout, intrusive memories, and everyday stressors by focusing on practical skills and processing difficult events.

She often helps people who are navigating life transitions, intimacy and attachment concerns, or the strain of caregiving and chronic illness. Mariana aims to create a space where clients can name painful patterns, try small changes, and build clearer directions for daily life.

Mariana emphasizes collaboration. She works with each person to set goals and choose the methods that feel most useful. Her approach acknowledges identity, culture, and relationship history as important parts of healing.

How Mariana Uses Different Therapies Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then clarify values and take small committed steps toward a meaningful life. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and uses practical exercises to shift unhelpful patterns, which often helps with anxiety, depression, and anger. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) focuses on processing distressing memories and the emotions tied to them to reduce their intensity and improve daily functioning.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Mariana makes decisions together with each person, matching methods to needs, goals, and what feels manageable. Clients are invited to try techniques, give feedback, and adjust plans as progress unfolds.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Many people find online sessions easier to fit into busy days, allow a quieter setting, or make check-ins simpler when travel or time is limited. Online work can let therapists use worksheets, in-session skill practice, or memory-processing tools without requiring extra commute time. Licensed professionals can adapt these approaches to suit individual needs and daily life.