About Marlene
Marlene Norwood is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with 20 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and life transitions. Marlene centers her work on each person's strengths and practical steps toward change.
She uses straightforward, goal-focused conversations to help people gain clarity and confidence. Sessions often include problem-solving, skills practice, and short-term plans people can try between meetings. Marlene supports clients facing depression, career concerns, ADHD, and grief, and she helps people navigate relationship and family issues from an individual perspective.
How Marlene works
Her style is warm and collaborative. She listens first, then works with each person to set realistic goals and adjust strategies as life changes. She also brings coaching techniques to help people build motivation and follow-through.
Marlene offers a mix of therapeutic approaches to fit different needs, including client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and mindfulness practices. These approaches are used to reduce anxious thinking, strengthen coping skills, and increase self-awareness. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
People can access therapy by choosing the Start Therapy button, completing a brief matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.
Marlene lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Marlene works with
The areas below are the ones Marlene selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approach and practical online therapy options
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person’s experience and building on their strengths. It involves reflective listening and helping people find their own solutions, which can be useful for improving self-esteem and navigating life changes.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses straightforward exercises and skill practice to reduce anxious thinking and depressive patterns and to improve coping in daily life.
Marlene will work collaboratively to find the best approach based on a person’s needs and goals. She often blends client-centered listening with CBT exercises and mindfulness tools, and she will adjust the plan as progress is made so the work stays relevant and achievable.
Online sessions offer flexibility for people with busy schedules or who live far from a therapist. Video calls are good for in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can fit a work break or be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging is helpful for brief check-ins, tracking progress, or steady coaching between meetings. These options make it easier to keep consistent momentum toward chosen goals.
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