Marla Majors
Calm, practical therapy for family life
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed in
- Washington
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Marla
Marla Majors is a licensed mental health counselor in Washington who focuses on stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship challenges, family concerns, and depression. She brings 11 years of practical experience and a friendly, down-to-earth manner. Marla believes people know their own stories and that therapy should build on existing strengths.
Her sessions aim to be warm, interactive, and sometimes even a little funny to help ease hard conversations. She uses talk therapy alongside structured tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and techniques from Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
Background and approach
Marla also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas when they fit a person’s needs. Her approach centers on helping clients name what matters to them and practice useful skills between sessions. In the room she keeps things straightforward.
Conversations focus on concrete problems and small steps forward. She balances support with practical homework so progress is steady and measurable. Marla values a client-centered tone.
That means she follows each person’s pace and priorities while offering methods that have helped others with similar concerns. Sessions can include moments of insight, emotion, and even lightness when it helps the work continue. Parents and caregivers seeking help with family stress or relationship strain will find her practical style oriented toward problem-solving.
She encourages bravery in starting therapy and stays focused on realistic changes that fit everyday life.
How specific therapies shape online family and relationship work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people identify their values and take small actions that align with what matters to them. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and situations where someone feels stuck or unsure about next steps.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and then teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and for building coping skills that can be practiced between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to a person’s goals and preferences, try methods that fit, and adjust as needed so the plan helps in day-to-day life. This is a collaborative process where the client’s input guides which tools are used.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility: video calls let people have face-to-face conversation from home, phone sessions remove travel barriers, and live chat or text messaging provide ongoing support between meetings. These options can make it easier to fit therapy into busy family schedules and to use skills in real time when challenges come up.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.
Attachment-Based Therapy
Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Marla
- Takes a few minutes
- Nothing to set up just to look
- Stop at any point