Marla Moreno

Marla Moreno is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Oregon with eight years of clinical experience. She works with adults who are struggling with stress, anxiety, anger, mood concerns, and changes in life circumstances. Her approach is direct and warm, and she focuses on practical skills people can use right away.

Marla uses a mix of evidence-informed methods, including cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, narrative work, and solution-focused strategies. She draws from these approaches to help people notice unhelpful thinking patterns, change small behaviors, and build new habits that reduce reactivity and improve daily functioning.

Sessions tend to emphasize skill-building and goal-setting. Marla helps clients identify clear, manageable steps and practices to try between appointments. This can mean working on communication, impulse control, or strategies to ease depression and bipolar mood swings.

She supports people who face compassion fatigue, ADHD concerns, process addictions, post-traumatic stress symptoms, and relationship-related issues like infidelity or divorce and separation. Marla describes her style as empathetic, direct, and practical, and she aims to create a steady space for learning new ways to respond to stress.

If someone wants to begin, the process starts with choosing goals and making a plan together. Marla encourages an active partnership where progress is tracked and methods are adjusted as needed.

How Marla’s Methods Work Online

Marla uses practical approaches that translate well to remote work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and anger. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention practices that help calm reactivity and increase awareness of moment-to-moment experience. Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and build commitment to new habits.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has helped in the past. Together they’ll try methods, track progress, and adjust techniques based on what fits the person’s life and needs.

Confirm the available session formats before booking since the biography does not list specific options. Many people find online sessions helpful because they can fit therapy into a workday, reduce travel time, or use shorter check-ins when needed. Online work also makes it easier to practice skills between sessions and bring real-life examples into conversation during the appointment.