Marla Majors, LMHC

Marla Majors is a licensed mental health counselor with 11 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship strain, family conflict, and depression. She emphasizes teamwork in sessions and treats each person as the expert on their own life. Her approach is warm and down-to-earth, and she aims to make therapy feel approachable even when topics are hard to talk about.

Marla prefers an interactive style that mixes serious work with moments of lightness. She uses talk therapy alongside techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and she centers sessions on each person's goals and strengths. The work often includes practical skills for managing overwhelming feelings and clearer ways to communicate with others.

She also focuses on attachment and relational concerns such as abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, attachment difficulties, and blended family stress. Other areas Marla addresses include body image, codependency, commitment and control issues, dissociation, and recovery from domestic violence and divorce or separation.

Clients can expect straightforward guidance, skill-based practice, and a client-centered tone that follows their pace. Marla aims to help people build better day-to-day coping and stronger relational patterns. She encourages curiosity and humor alongside honest reflection as part of lasting change.

Marla holds a Washington LMHC, practices in Washington state, and conducts sessions in English. To begin, she asks prospective clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on availability.

Approaches that translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to clarify their values and take small, value-driven steps even when feelings are difficult. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and motivation struggles. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connections and helps people build more secure ways of relating in the present.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose or combine methods that fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That planning happens together so sessions stay practical and relevant to everyday life.

Confirm the current session formats before booking because the biography does not list specific online options. Many clients find online work helps them fit therapy into a busy life - it can reduce travel time, make scheduling easier around work or parenting, and allow brief check-ins when a full in-person visit is difficult. Online sessions can also focus on practicing skills, communication exercises, and tracking progress between meetings.