About Marla
Marla Moreno is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Oregon with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood challenges, anger, low self-esteem, ADHD, and the strain that comes with life changes. Her manner is warm and direct, and she aims to make therapy practical and doable for busy lives.
Marla uses straightforward tools drawn from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness. She also draws on Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, and solution-focused techniques to help people make clearer choices and reach short-term goals.
How Marla works
Sessions often center on small skill changes that produce noticeable shifts in daily functioning. Conversations with Marla emphasize clearer communication, learning to notice unhelpful thought patterns, and building coping steps that fit real routines. She works with issues such as compassion fatigue, process addictions, post-traumatic stress, and relationship troubles like infidelity or separation.
Marla also supports people dealing with control issues, guilt, shame, and questions about life purpose. Her approach mixes practical skill-building with reflective work on stories people tell about themselves. That combination aims to reduce symptoms while helping clients make lasting changes in how they react and relate.
Marla usually sets collaborative goals and breaks them into manageable steps. Therapy is offered in English and delivered online in formats that include video, phone, live chat, and text messaging. To begin, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step help connect people to sessions that fit their timing and needs.
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
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Oregon |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Marla often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try out different behaviors. CBT is practical and focuses on changing patterns that keep stress, anxiety, or depression going. She also uses Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple attention and breathing practices that help reduce reactivity and increase calm during stressful moments.Motivational Interviewing is another tool she brings to sessions when people feel stuck about change. This approach centers on the client's own reasons for change and helps build motivation in a collaborative way. Together they will choose which approaches to try based on the client’s goals and what feels most useful in early sessions.
Online formats support flexible, ongoing work. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, tracking progress between sessions, or fitting support into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent with everyday life.
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