About Darrell
Darrell Morris is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience. He combines military leadership experience and long-term social work practice to help people facing stress and anxiety. He approaches sessions with plain talk and steady support.
Darrell is based in Oklahoma and offers services in English. Darrell spent time in the U.S. Army where he rose from E-1 to E-7 and led soldiers during deployments.
After leaving the military he completed a Bachelor of Social Work from Brescia University and a Master of Social Work from Walden University.
Background and approach
Those years shaped his practical focus on real-life problems. He uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. Sessions often include straightforward strategies to manage stress and improve day-to-day functioning.
Darrell also blends coaching-style support to help clients set and reach goals related to career, self-esteem, and life changes. He has experience working with youth in schools and with adults facing transitions like divorce, midlife shifts, adoption and foster care issues, and veteran concerns. He also addresses chronic illness, body image, and communication problems.
His style is direct, encouraging, and goal-oriented. Clients can expect practical tools, regular check-ins, and work they can practice between sessions. He makes space for honest conversation and helps people build routines that reduce anxiety and increase confidence.
How CBT and online sessions work together
Darrell uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in simple, applied ways. CBT looks at the thoughts and behaviors that keep anxiety and stress going and teaches specific skills to change them. It is practical for worries about work, self-esteem, chronic illness, and life transitions.He also brings a coaching attitude to sessions, helping clients set clear goals and creating step-by-step plans to reach them. Together the therapist and client review what is helping, what is not, and adjust the work based on results and preferences. This collaboration helps pick the approach that fits each person's needs.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people see facial cues and do focused work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text are useful for short check-ins, quick coaching, and maintaining momentum between longer sessions. These formats offer flexibility for work, family, and busy days while keeping therapy consistent and practical.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English
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