About Marla
Marla Anderson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas. She brings seven years of LPC experience and a background that includes school counseling and independent practice. Marla focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, anger, and low self-esteem.
She aims to create a respectful, compassionate space and works with clients to build practical plans that fit their lives. Marla draws on client-centered work to make therapy collaborative and grounded in each person’s goals.
How Marla works
She also uses cognitive behavioral tools to help people change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Dialectical behavior techniques are used for emotion regulation and coping skills training. Marla has experience supporting people through abandonment and attachment concerns, adoption and foster care questions, and blended family issues.
She also helps those facing chronic illness, cancer, caregiver stress, chronic pain, and the emotional fallout from divorce or separation. Substance use, codependency, eating and food-related challenges, and communication or control issues are part of her focus as well. Practical tools and short-term strategies are often part of sessions, along with space to process difficult feelings.
Marla integrates eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) when trauma processing is needed and when it fits a client’s goals. She uses motivational interviewing to support readiness for change and to build lasting commitment. Therapy is offered in English and provided through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Sessions follow a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, choose the Start Therapy button, complete the short questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist’s availability.
Marla lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Marla works with
The areas below are the ones Marla selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening deeply and helping the person set their own goals. In an online session this means the therapist follows the client’s lead, reflects feelings, and helps clarify what change looks like for that person.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to shift patterns. Online CBT sessions often include brief exercises, homework, and technique coaching for anxiety, stress, and behavior change.
Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. It is useful for building regulation skills and can be taught through video, phone, or messaging so clients can practice between sessions.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and needs and then tailor methods together. That collaboration helps decide whether CBT, DBT, EMDR, or motivational interviewing is the best fit for a particular concern.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls work well for face-to-face interaction and skill practice. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a busy day. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to check in quickly or to work through short problems without scheduling a full session. These options offer flexibility and can make consistent care easier to maintain.
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