About Moriah
Moriah McCarthy is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) who blends practical skills with thoughtful exploration. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, grief, and addictions. Her work also covers relationship and intimacy concerns, LGBT issues, parenting pressures, career questions, and life changes.
Moriah uses a mix of approaches to match what each person needs. Sessions often combine talking about past experiences with clear skills and psychoeducation.
Background and approach
She helps people notice patterns, learn coping tools, and create forward momentum that fits their life. Her style is client-centered and collaborative. She invites clients to give feedback and to take an active role in setting goals.
The aim is to strengthen what already works while building new habits that support daily functioning and emotional balance. In session she may bring mindfulness practices and narrative work to help people make sense of their story. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas are used to clarify values and guide action.
These tools are explained in simple terms and practiced together so clients can use them between meetings. Moriah practices in Florida and has worked in the field for 11 years. She explains techniques plainly, offers real-world examples, and focuses on small steps that add up.
People who want a practical, thoughtful approach to their mental health often find this style helpful.
Therapeutic approaches that translate well to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to a person and taking small steps toward those values. Online sessions can use ACT exercises to reduce avoidance and build committed action in everyday life. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a warm, nonjudgmental connection where the therapist listens and follows the client’s lead; this approach helps people feel heard and supported during phone or video sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences, and current situation. That might mean trying mindfulness practices one week and narrative techniques the next, then adjusting based on what helps most.
Offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging gives flexibility for different needs. Video calls are useful for deeper conversation and real-time exercises. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit a work break. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, skill practice, or when someone prefers writing to talking. These options make it easier to keep momentum and practice new skills between meetings.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English