About Dallas
Dallas McGlinn is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people handle stress, anxiety, grief, and major life changes. She works with adults on practical problems like career stress, caregiver strain, addiction issues, and relationship conflicts. Dallas uses straightforward, compassionate care to guide people toward clearer choices and steadier coping.
She blends several approaches to suit the person in front of her. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to spot unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors.
Background and approach
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people name values and take steps that matter, even when feelings are hard. Sessions are shaped around what each person needs. That might include short practical strategies for immediate relief, longer conversations about life purpose, or support after a loss.
Dallas also offers faith-based conversations when clients want that included. She holds a Tennessee LCSW and a Louisiana LCSW and brings five years of clinical experience. Her work covers a wide set of concerns such as depression, compassion fatigue, codependency, chronic illness, blended family issues, and eating or food-related struggles.
Therapy can involve talking through communication problems, setting boundaries, managing anger, or rebuilding self-esteem. Dallas aims to help people make small, sustainable changes so daily life feels more manageable and purposeful.
How these therapies are used online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most and take small steps toward those values, even when anxiety or grief is present. It focuses on action and willingness rather than trying to force feelings away. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical ways to notice unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors, which can reduce worry and improve daily functioning. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's experience, giving space to be heard and to build self-understanding before moving to change.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose which methods fit their goals, preferences, and situation. That might mean leaning more on mindfulness and ACT for values work, or using CBT for immediate coping skills. Decisions are adjusted as therapy progresses.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different needs. Video lets for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can fit a quick check-in or lower bandwidth, live chat can be useful for brief support, and messaging works well for ongoing check-ins and homework-like exchanges. These formats make it easier to schedule care around work, caregiving, or medical appointments and to continue consistent support from a distance.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana, Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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