About Marla
Marla Stamm is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 12 years of experience helping adults manage stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction. She practices from Indiana and speaks English. Marla focuses on clear goal-setting and practical steps people can use right away.
Marla takes a client-centered approach. She starts by listening and then helps people decide what changes matter most. Together they set small, achievable goals and track progress over time.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person's needs. She draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and change patterns that feed anxiety and panic attacks. Marla also uses dialectical behavior therapy skills to teach emotional regulation and coping tools.
Mindfulness techniques are offered to help reduce stress and increase present-moment focus. Her work covers a wide range of concerns including relationship strain, grief, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, career stress, and LGBT-related issues. She also supports people facing bipolar mood swings, compassion fatigue, and intimacy-related problems.
Marla addresses communication and attachment issues that show up in daily life. Sessions aim to be straightforward and practical. Marla uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods to move people toward the change they want.
She revisits the plan regularly and adjusts it based on what’s working and what isn’t.
How Marla Brings CBT and DBT Skills Online
Marla often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice thought patterns that increase anxiety and depression. CBT focuses on practical exercises and simple behavior changes that reduce symptoms and improve daily routines. She also teaches dialectical behavior therapy skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving communication during high-stress moments.Finding the right approach is a shared process. Marla will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try techniques, and adjust the plan as needed. She aims to blend methods so the work matches what the person wants to achieve and how they prefer to work.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls let for face-to-face interaction and exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or when a quick check-in is needed. Live chat or messaging work well for short updates, practice between sessions, or when typing feels more comfortable than talking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue skills work between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
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