About Darlene
Darlene Narvae is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in New Jersey with three decades of experience in mental health care. She offers calm, practical support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and other life challenges. Her manner is warm and interactive, aimed at helping people take manageable steps forward.
She draws on a mix of approaches to match a person’s needs. That can include acceptance and commitment techniques to help people clarify values, cognitive behavioral ideas to shift unhelpful thinking, and mindfulness practices to ease overwhelming emotions.
How Darlene works
Sessions are adapted to the individual rather than following a fixed formula. Darlene commonly helps people facing relationship strain, parenting stress, substance-related concerns, grief, and issues around self-esteem and body image. She also supports those coping with chronic illness, caregiver stress, and career transitions.
Her practice includes attention to trauma and abuse recovery and challenges that come with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Her style is straightforward and compassionate. She listens closely, offers practical tools, and collaborates on goals that feel meaningful to each person.
Expect clear steps you can try between sessions and gentle feedback during meetings. Darlene emphasizes respect and sensitivity in the work. She works with people who want to explore change, regain balance, or find new ways to cope with life’s demands.
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What Darlene works with
The areas below are the ones Darlene selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Jersey |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches and online options that meet you where you are
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters most to a person and helping them take small actions toward those values despite difficult thoughts or feelings. It can be helpful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and coping with change. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and empathy so people can explore their concerns at their own pace and find solutions that fit them.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Darlene collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. She combines techniques as needed and checks in about what is or isn’t helping so adjustments can be made together.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit work into a busy life. Video lets people use visual cues and more in-depth conversation. Phone works well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter space is easier to arrange. Live chat and text sessions allow brief check-ins, written reflections, or scheduling flexibility during a hectic day. These options offer practical ways to stay consistent with therapy while using approaches like ACT and CBT effectively.
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