Marsha Oxamendi

Marsha Oxamendi is a Florida-based licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addictions, and major life changes. She uses a respectful, compassionate approach to make hard conversations feel less intimidating. Her style aims to empower people so they can move toward personal goals and healthier daily routines.

Marsha brings 14 years of practice to sessions. She emphasizes clear, practical steps alongside empathic listening. Sessions often focus on what is happening now and on small changes that make everyday life easier. She helps people talk through relationship strain, intimacy concerns, sleep problems, career stress, and issues around self-esteem and anger.

Her background includes a Master of Social Work from Florida State University, completed in 2010, and licensure as a Florida LCSW. She has worked across a range of settings, including counseling in correctional environments, group anger management, support for dialysis patients, and care for pregnant and postpartum women. She has also worked with veterans and people in hospice settings.

In practice she draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and client-centered work. Those methods are used to help with trauma, addiction, coping with life changes, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Marsha aims to tailor techniques to each person’s needs and pace.

People who choose her often look for steady support and practical tools. Her goal is to help clients build momentum toward the changes they want to make.

Therapeutic approaches you can use online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that match their values. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and making deliberate life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns; it can help with depression, sleep problems, and some addiction issues. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a warm, nonjudgmental space where a person’s goals guide the work and the therapist reflects and supports rather than directs.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process may include trying techniques from different approaches and adjusting as progress is made.

Because the biography does not list specific session formats, confirm available online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let people continue care while managing health, work, or family demands. Licensed professionals adapt exercises, homework, and pacing so online sessions still focus on practical change and forward movement.