Marla Moreno

Marla Moreno is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Oregon with eight years of clinical experience. She works with adults and offers a warm, direct style that balances empathy with practical skill-building. Her sessions focus on helping people notice habits, make clearer choices, and move toward calmer daily life.

Marla uses mindfulness alongside cognitive and motivational techniques to help clients manage stress, anxiety, anger, and mood shifts. She helps people build communication skills, reduce impulsive behaviors, and manage symptoms linked to bipolar disorder, depression, ADHD, and seasonal mood changes. Work often centers on small, concrete steps that fit into everyday life.

Her approach mixes talk and action. Marla may use mindfulness exercises to anchor attention, cognitive tools to reframe unhelpful thoughts, and motivational strategies to strengthen commitment to change. She also draws on narrative ideas to help people rewrite the stories they tell about themselves.

Sessions commonly focus on coping with life changes, addressing compassion fatigue, improving self-esteem, and resolving issues like grief, guilt, or relationship conflicts. Marla pays attention to practical outcomes such as better communication, steadier mood, and clearer decision making.

She aims to co-create goals and a step-by-step plan with each person. That plan adapts as progress is made and as new challenges emerge. Marla invites people ready to try a focused, mindful approach to schedule a first meeting and begin exploring next steps.

Using Mindfulness and Practical Methods Online

Many clients work with mindfulness techniques to notice thoughts and bodily signals in the moment. Mindfulness Therapy in sessions usually involves short attention practices and breathing exercises to reduce reactivity and build calm, which can help with anxiety, anger, and stress.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors. CBT is hands-on and often uses short exercises to shift thoughts and actions that maintain depression, anxiety, or impulsivity.

Motivational Interviewing helps when people feel stuck or unsure about change. It uses quiet questions and reflection to clarify values and strengthen commitment to specific, realistic goals.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their concerns, goals, and preferences and then try methods that fit. This collaborative process helps shape a plan that can be adjusted as progress is made.

Please confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example, a shorter check-in can fit into a lunch break, or not needing to travel can free up time for regular appointments. Discuss practical scheduling needs during the intake so sessions match everyday routines.