About Marla
Marla Moreno is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Oregon with eight years of experience. She draws on a blend of practical tools to help people manage anxiety, stress, depression, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, anger, and low self-esteem. Marla aims to make therapy approachable and straightforward so busy people can get relief and clearer choices.
Her work mixes body-focused awareness with cognitive strategies and mindfulness. She uses somatic techniques to help clients notice how stress shows up in the body.
Background and approach
She pairs those observations with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and change unhelpful thinking and patterns. Marla often uses motivational interviewing and narrative work to help people clarify values and reshape personal stories that feel stuck. Sessions include skill-building for communication, impulse control, and coping with life changes.
Practical tools and small experiments are common parts of the process. Clients looking for help with relationship communication, control issues, processing trauma, or recovery from behaviors like problematic internet use or other process addictions will find a pragmatic focus. Marla also supports concerns like compassion fatigue, post-traumatic stress, seasonal mood shifts, and issues related to divorce and infidelity.
Her style is warm and direct. She works collaboratively to set goals and create a clear plan. For those ready to take practical steps, Marla offers in-person and online formats to fit different schedules.
How Somatic and Cognitive Work Online
Somatic Therapy helps people notice how stress and emotions show up in the body, using gentle attention to breath, posture, and sensation to reduce tension and increase awareness. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions, teaching practical steps to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple practices to ground attention in the present moment and reduce reactivity.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose what feels most useful based on their goals and preferences. That plan can change over time as needs shift and progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options let people fit sessions into busy lives, practise skills between meetings, and check in more frequently when needed. Practically, that means fewer travel barriers and more consistent access to support while working toward concrete goals.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also works with
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Oregon
- Languages
- English