About MerraLee
MerraLee Block is a licensed mental health counselor with 35 years of experience. She offers calm, direct guidance for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, relationship strain, and parenting challenges. Her style is straightforward and supportive for those who want clear steps and steady encouragement.
She focuses on communication, control, and healthy boundaries. She helps people work through guilt, shame, and the process of forgiveness. Much of her work has centered on family conflict, separation, divorce, and blended family issues, so she is familiar with the practical struggles those situations bring.
Background and approach
MerraLee spent several years serving as a Florida Supreme Court Family Law Mediator while maintaining a therapy practice. That experience sharpened her skills in negotiation, practical problem solving, and helping people find workable agreements. She uses that background to help clients move from stuck cycles to clearer choices.
Sessions blend listening with concrete tools. She helps clients identify patterns, set realistic goals, and try new behaviors between sessions. The focus is on small, manageable changes that add up over time.
People who choose her often want a therapist who will offer direction without judgment. She frames clients as the expert on their own life and partners with them to restore more joy and balance. Taking a first step can feel hard, and she aims to make the process less daunting.
Practical approaches and online care that fit your life
MerraLee uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and clearer communication. One common approach involves teaching concrete skills for managing emotions and improving communication so people can handle stress, relationship strain, and family conflicts more effectively. Another technique centers on identifying repeating patterns - like control struggles or boundary issues - and trying small behavioral experiments to break those cycles and build new habits.Finding the right method is a collaborative process. She works together with each person to choose or adapt approaches based on their goals, needs, and preferences. That means trying strategies, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan over time so it fits the client’s life and priorities.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video works well for fuller conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when a shorter touchpoint fits a busy schedule. These options help people fit therapy into work, family life, and other commitments while keeping the focus on steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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