Marla Stamm

Marla Stamm is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with twelve years of experience supporting adults through difficult life moments. She works with people coping with anxiety, depression, substance concerns, relationship strain, and anger. Marla uses a client-centered approach to help clients set clear, realistic goals and take concrete steps toward change.

She focuses on practical problem solving rather than long lectures. Sessions are collaborative: the person and Marla build a treatment plan together and adjust it over time. That plan can include strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing to target unhelpful thoughts and boost motivation for change.

Marla also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills and mindfulness practices to help people manage strong emotions, reduce reactivity, and improve everyday coping. Her work often addresses communication problems, attachment concerns, and self-esteem issues tied to stress, trauma, or life transitions.

Clients can expect straightforward pacing and frequent check-ins on progress. Marla emphasizes steps people can try between sessions and revisits goals regularly to measure what’s working. She aims to make therapy feel like a series of manageable steps rather than an overwhelming task.

Marla practices in Indiana and conducts sessions in English. She keeps plans focused on the issues the person brings, from grief and intimacy-related concerns to career stress and compassion fatigue. If a person wants to explore change, she helps translate that into a clear path forward.

How specific approaches guide online work

Client-centered therapy emphasizes the person’s own goals and choices. Marla uses it to help people decide what matters most and to build a plan that fits everyday life. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and anger. DBT skills teach concrete ways to tolerate intense emotions, improve communication, and lower impulsive reactions.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Marla will talk through what you want to change, try a few strategies, and adjust based on what helps. She checks progress often and adapts the plan so it stays relevant to your goals and preferences.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know how sessions are delivered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit care into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also allows continued use of skills between meetings and keeps momentum when life gets hectic.