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Marquel Jones

Compassionate, practical support for real-life challenges

LCSW Florida

Experience
5 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Self esteem, Career
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English

About Marquel

Marquel Jones is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with five years of clinical experience in outpatient therapy, residential counseling, and healthcare social work. He focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, career challenges, relationship concerns, grief, trauma, and issues related to self-esteem and life transitions.

Background and approach

His approach emphasizes collaboration rather than fixing problems for clients, supporting them as they develop practical skills and coping strategies for everyday life. Drawing on a mix of client-centered techniques, cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and narrative work, he tailors sessions to each person’s needs and goals.

Marquel pays attention to how patterns of thinking, personal stories, and present-moment awareness shape emotional experience, and he integrates coaching elements when clients are pursuing career or goal-focused changes. He welcomes clients seeking support for a wide range of concerns including bipolar symptoms, compassion fatigue, identity and sexuality matters, and family-related difficulties.

Based in Florida, Marquel brings a down-to-earth, professional style that aims to foster growth and practical change. He emphasizes the importance of tending to both mind and body while working with clients to build strengths, clarify values, and move toward more manageable day-to-day functioning.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Marquel uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy principles to help clients identify and shift unhelpful thinking patterns and test new behaviors, which can ease anxiety, low mood, and stress by providing concrete tools and experiments to try between sessions. He also practices Client-Centered Therapy, prioritizing a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship where the client’s goals lead the process and the therapist offers empathy and support to strengthen self-directed growth. Mindfulness Therapy is another approach he draws from, teaching simple awareness and grounding practices that can reduce reactivity and support emotional regulation during difficult moments.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. He works with each person to explore which techniques feel most useful given their goals, preferences, and the issues they bring, and he adapts methods over time as progress and needs evolve.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible and accessible. These formats allow people to schedule work around daily responsibilities, maintain continuity of care during transitions, and use different communication styles that match comfort and practical needs while working on therapeutic goals.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Marquel commonly address?
His practice covers stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem struggles, career and relationship issues, grief, trauma and abuse, bipolar concerns, and compassion fatigue among other topics.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
He uses a collaborative, client-centered stance and incorporates problem-focused tools like cognitive behavioral ideas and motivational interviewing to build practical coping strategies.
What is his background and experience?
He has five years of experience working as an outpatient therapist, residential counselor, and healthcare social worker supporting people with a range of mental health and life challenges.
What credentials and location does he have?
He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with the credential FL LCSW SW18969 and practices in Florida.
Does he offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English only, and he is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
He provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different communication preferences.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies based on location and therapist availability, and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to his availability.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

LGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefAnger managementBipolar disorderCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBlended family issuesBody imageFamily problemsForgivenessJealousyMoney and financial issuesParanoiaPersonality disordersSelf-harmSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

5+ years

Licensed

Florida

Languages

English