About Desiree
Desiree Malam is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri who centers her work on practical tools and steady support. She focuses on everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and relationship concerns. Her approach is down-to-earth and focused on helping people take the next step toward feeling better.
She uses methods drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to help clients change unhelpful thinking and build better coping skills.
Background and approach
Motivational interviewing and solution-focused strategies help people set clear goals and stay motivated. Trauma-focused practices are used when past experiences are getting in the way of present life. Desiree has 15 years of experience in clinical work across Missouri.
She creates a nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be talked through. Sessions aim to be practical and paced to each person's needs. She also addresses issues that touch family life and roles, such as blended family challenges, caregiving stress, and communication problems.
Other areas of focus include postpartum depression, sexual assault and abuse, social anxiety and phobia, and self-harm concerns. Desiree helps people work on intimacy-related issues, sexual health concerns, eating problems, and career or midlife transitions. She supports clients navigating divorce, forgiveness, and rebuilding self-esteem.
Her style is collaborative and goal-oriented, with an emphasis on workable steps. Sessions are conducted in English and provided through a range of online formats. Prospective clients can begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session according to the therapist's availability.
How targeted approaches fit into online therapy
Desiree commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and many day-to-day worries because it breaks problems into clear, workable steps.She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy to teach coping skills for strong emotions and relationship strain. DBT focuses on emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and communication techniques that can be practiced between sessions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then recommend strategies that fit those needs. Plans can be adjusted as progress is made so the work stays relevant and practical.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video calls are helpful for face-to-face conversation and skill coaching. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Text and chat options allow quick updates, shorter check-ins, and ongoing reflection between longer sessions.
These formats make scheduling easier for people with busy lives or caregiving responsibilities. They also let people try different ways of working and keep therapy consistent during life changes.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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