About Desiree
Desiree Malam is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri. She brings 15 years of clinical experience to conversations about stress, anxiety, relationships, trauma, grief, and depression. Desiree aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where people can speak frankly about what feels hard right now.
She uses practical approaches that help people notice patterns, try different strategies, and track progress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify thoughts that feed anxiety or low mood.
How Desiree works
Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers skills for managing strong emotions and improving relationships. Trauma-focused methods and Motivational Interviewing support recovery after abuse and help people commit to change. Desiree also supports people navigating intimacy issues, parenting challenges, blended family stress, caregiving burdens, and career concerns.
She addresses complex situations such as domestic violence, sexual assault, postpartum depression, self-harm, and eating-related difficulties with care and attention to safety. Other areas she works with include self-esteem, anger, forgiveness, and coping with life transitions. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented.
Desiree helps clients set clear, manageable steps and checks in about what works. She balances practical skills with emotional support so people can make steady changes. Therapy can feel daunting at first.
Desiree encourages small steps and collaboration so clients know they are heard and guided toward tangible improvements.
Desiree lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Desiree works with
The areas below are the ones Desiree selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Missouri |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches that work online
Desiree commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy when working online. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking and acting to reduce anxiety and low mood. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on healing after abuse or traumatic events by addressing memories, safety, and coping skills to reduce trauma-related distress.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose or adapt methods that fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. That means trying a technique, reviewing how it went, and changing course if needed so the work feels useful and manageable.
Online therapy here uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep momentum between meetings.
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