Mariah Funderburg

Mariah Funderburg is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with three years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem struggles, and questions about life purpose. Mariah also supports people navigating LGBT concerns and coping with major life changes.

She offers straightforward, trauma-informed psychotherapy informed by work with remote and underserved populations. Sessions focus on practical skills for managing anxiety and panic, improving sleep, and reducing chronic stress. Mariah uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to teach stress management, emotional regulation, and communication skills.

Clients can expect collaborative planning that addresses immediate concerns and longer-term goals. Mariah describes therapy as a process of identifying strengths, practicing new skills, and applying them to everyday situations. She attends to identity and cultural context and aims to make room for clients’ backgrounds and values.

Her experience includes addressing attachment issues, body image, caregiver stress, and relationship communication problems. Mariah also works with people facing divorce or separation, guilt and shame, isolation, and midlife questions. Pregnancy, childbirth, and post-traumatic stress are additional focus areas she lists.

Sessions are conducted in English and Mariah does not take international clients. Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.

How therapeutic methods are used in online sessions

Mariah works from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills. She emphasizes approaches that teach stress management and relaxation skills to reduce anxiety and help with panic symptoms. These methods break skills into doable steps and practice so clients can use them during stressful moments.

She also uses methods aimed at emotional regulation and communication. These approaches train people to notice patterns in how they react, try new ways of responding, and improve difficult conversations. This can help with relationship communication, caregiver stress, and problems tied to attachment or isolation.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which techniques fit their current goals and preferences, and they will adjust the plan over time based on what helps most.

The therapist's profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Many clients find remote sessions useful for fitting therapy into a busy schedule, cutting out travel time, and keeping check-ins brief when needed. Talk with the therapist during the matching process about session length and rhythm so sessions can be scheduled to match work, childcare, and day-to-day life.