- Years in practice
- 5
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Mariah
Mariah Stockard is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns, depression, and parenting challenges. She keeps communication direct and compassionate so parents and individuals can focus on practical steps. Mariah emphasizes straightforward tools that fit into busy lives.
Her approach blends talk therapy with skill-building. She offers coping strategies, psychoeducation, and emotion-focused conversations to manage traumatic and stressful events. Sessions often involve setting small goals and practicing techniques between visits to improve day-to-day functioning.
Background and approach
Mariah draws on Attachment-Based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current connections. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and change behavior. Narrative Therapy helps people reframe their stories and find different paths forward.
With five years of professional experience and a Florida LCSW license, Mariah has worked in a variety of mental health settings. She has supported people dealing with grief, eating concerns, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, chronic illness, and compassion fatigue, among other issues. Her background includes working with different age groups and relationship situations.
Mariah aims to make therapy feel accessible and respectful. She listens, offers tools that can be practiced at home, and helps clients set realistic steps toward their goals. If someone is ready to look at patterns, manage stress, or strengthen relationships, she can be a steady guide through that work.
What Mariah works with
Everything Mariah lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Mariah helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Mariah lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns formed in early relationships and how they show up now. It helps people notice how they attach to others and work on building safer, more stable connections. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and supporting each person without judgment. It creates space for clients to set their own pace and bring up the issues that matter most to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with more balanced ones while practicing new behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, parenting stress, and many day-to-day problems. Choosing an approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, and adjust methods as progress is made. Online formats make regular work easier to fit into life. Video calls let therapists and clients see nonverbal cues during deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging allow short check-ins, homework support, and flexible scheduling. These options help people keep momentum between sessions and adapt therapy to a busy routine.Questions people ask about Mariah
What concerns does Mariah help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, depression, parenting challenges, grief, trauma and abuse, eating concerns, ADHD, bipolar symptoms, and related areas.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Sessions are practical and collaborative. She mixes talk therapy with coping skills, goal setting, and psychoeducation to help with daily challenges.
What experience does she bring?
Mariah has five years of professional work in mental health and experience supporting people across a range of concerns and life stages.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds a Florida LCSW license and practices from Florida.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on the client's preference.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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