About Mariana
Mariana Scutaru helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship pain, trauma, and parenting strain. She also supports people facing intimacy concerns, self‑esteem struggles, career stress, compassion fatigue, and ADHD-related difficulties.
Background and approach
Mariana works in English, Spanish, and Romanian and brings nine years of clinical experience to her practice in Pennsylvania. Mariana is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT.
She has worked in community and university settings, where she supported people dealing with sexual abuse, trauma, communication problems, and family challenges. Her sessions aim to be straightforward and centered on what a person needs in the moment.
Her approach focuses on helping people notice how past attachments shape current feelings. She uses attachment-based ideas to gently track painful patterns and client-centered listening to let people name what matters most to them.
That helps people feel seen and begin to make different choices in relationships and at work. Mariana also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to teach practical coping tools for anxiety, depression, and stress.
Emotionally-focused ideas guide conversations about closeness and intimacy, while narrative techniques help people reframe difficult stories about themselves. Sessions often mix tools and reflective conversation based on what the person brings.
People who choose her practice can expect a calm, nonjudgmental space to talk honestly and try changes between sessions. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and scheduling follows the therapist's availability.
The subscription used for sessions can be canceled at any time.
How attachment and CBT translate to online work
Attachment-based work helps people notice how early relationships shape current emotions and interaction patterns. In online sessions this looks like naming recurring hurts and practicing new responses to closeness and boundaries, which can reduce repeating painful cycles.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. Online CBT often includes short between-session exercises, thought records, and behavior experiments that fit into daily routines.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people access and name strong emotions related to relationships and connection. In virtual sessions, EFT techniques guide people to slow down, describe feelings, and try small emotional shifts that can improve intimacy and communication.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they try methods and adjust the plan based on progress and comfort.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and working on emotional expression. Phone sessions can be easier when video would take more bandwidth. Live chat or messaging can work for short check-ins, brief coaching, or maintaining momentum between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English, Spanish, Romanian