Mariama SamatehLMFT

Mariama Samateh is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Florida. She brings 12 years of clinical experience to sessions. She speaks English, Bambara, and Wolof. Her work often includes pregnancy and childbirth related concerns among other life changes.

Mariama uses a straightforward, relational style. She sees people in the context of their relationships and family systems. That means she looks at how patterns and roles around a person may keep problems going. In sessions she helps people name what is happening and why it matters.

Her practical methods include client-centered conversations, cognitive-behavioral techniques, solution-focused planning, and trauma-focused approaches. She encourages honesty and responsibility while aiming for growth. Mariama helps people notice strengths they can use to manage stress, mood shifts, or parenting challenges.

Clients commonly bring worries about anxiety, depression, grief, postpartum concerns, trauma, relationship conflict, and changes in life roles. She also addresses issues such as communication problems, addiction patterns, codependency, immigration stress, and compassion fatigue. Sessions focus on clear steps and tools rather than abstract theory.

Mariama’s goal is to help people leave therapy feeling more empowered. She supports clients who want practical strategies and clearer insight. People who prefer a candid, respectful, and steady approach tend to find her helpful.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship. It centers on the client's needs and uses empathic, nonjudgmental conversation to help people understand themselves and their choices. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches specific skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Trauma-Focused Therapy helps people process traumatic experiences in a paced way and builds coping skills to reduce symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try techniques, and adjust methods as progress is assessed. That way the approach suits the person's needs and preferences rather than being fixed from the start.

Confirm the session formats before booking because the biography does not list them. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also gives flexibility for people in other states or countries who want to work with a Florida-based LMFT who speaks English, Bambara, or Wolof. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and coping tools to work well in remote sessions.