Director Marianna Thomas, M.A., MFT
Marianna Thomas has been in private practice as a licensed Marriage, Family, and Child Counselor since 1982.

A graduate of Mt. Holyoke College (BA), Harvard (MAT) and Pepperdine Universities (MA Psychology), she also holds a Certificate in Special Education from CSU Long Beach, and is a State Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.

Marianna draws upon her experience as a Special Education teacher at the Mardan Center for 17 years, as a group leader for VOICES (Victims of Incest Can Emerge Survivors) for ten years, and as clinical consultant for WTLC (Women's Transitional Living Center). She has facilitated groups for stepparents, children and adolescents and has helped countless families, couples, and individuals experience greater success in their lives. She is an AAMFT approved Supervisor and certified Level 1 and 2 EMDR provider.

Past president of the Orange County Chapter of Marriage and Family Therapists, Marianna was awarded Outstanding Chapter Leader in 2004 by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. A great honor, Marianna was also selected as a designated speaker for the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, and recently presented a paper on Dissociative Disorder.  

Counseling Staff
We are a training center. Our counselors have either completed or are close to completing masters or doctoral training at local graduate schools, and many are Registered Interns. They receive weekly supervision and training from highly skilled, licensed professionals.  

Training Opportunities
Living Success Center functions as a training site. Graduate trainees develop their assessment, interviewing, listening, and counseling intervention skills as they work with clients under the supervision of LSC staff. Weekly staff clinical meetings provide important supervisory forum for counselors-in-training. Trainees participate in the LSC's Outreach Programs, developing and providing psycho-educational workshops for the community.

If you are a graduate student in counseling, social work, or a related field, and are interested in applying for clinical training at LSC, please call (949) 645-4723 and speak with Marianna Thomas.