About Marla
Marla Voss is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) practicing in Wisconsin. She brings 14 years of clinical experience to sessions. Marla focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns, grief, and life changes.
She aims to create a warm, respectful space where people feel heard. Her style centers on the individual. She uses client-centered and attachment-based ideas to build trust and understand what matters to each person.
How Marla works
Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to spot and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Emotionally-Focused Therapy and Imago relationship ideas are drawn on to address relational patterns and strong emotions. Marla has worked in community agencies and independent practice, and her background includes healthcare settings.
That experience informs her work with people coping with chronic illness, cancer, and end-of-life concerns. She also helps with aging and geriatric issues, caregiving strain, and the practical effects of long-term medical conditions. Sessions involve setting clear, personal goals together.
Marla helps people aim for better daily function, symptom relief, or clearer direction in life. She emphasizes collaboration and uses treatment strategies that fit each person's needs and preferences. People who choose to work with her can expect responsiveness during posted hours and a focus on practical steps alongside emotional processing.
Marla communicates in English and offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Marla lists 9 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.
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, LISW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Wisconsin |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How therapeutic approaches adapt to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions can be used to notice attachment reactions and practice new ways of relating to others and to oneself. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through practical exercises and skill-building. CBT translates well to video or phone work with homework and short check-ins between sessions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people track and name strong emotions and shift how they respond to those feelings in relationships and personal life.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That may mean mixing attachment work, CBT, and emotionally-focused tools over time so the plan stays tailored and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a longer session is needed. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share updates or get support between synchronous sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and continue care when travel or time constraints would otherwise interfere.
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