About Darla
Darla Cozzarelli is a licensed clinical social worker in California who helps people facing anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma. She meets clients where they are and focuses on practical steps to reduce stress and rebuild self-worth. Her approach aims to make difficult feelings easier to talk about and understand.
She draws on three years of hands-on experience in community mental health settings. That work included supporting people living with trauma, substance use, and complex mood or psychotic symptoms.
Background and approach
Darla also brings lived experience from adoption and personal mental health challenges, which informs how she listens and responds. Sessions tend to be collaborative and straightforward. She uses client-centered conversation to follow each person’s priorities.
Cognitive behavioral techniques help identify unhelpful thoughts and try small experiments to shift them. Motivational interviewing is used when people feel stuck or unsure about change, especially around substance use or patterns like codependency. Darla focuses on clear goals and step-by-step plans rather than long lectures or rigid programs.
She aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where people can talk honestly. Darla emphasizes safety, pacing, and practical coping skills that fit daily life. Her work is oriented toward steady progress, not quick fixes.
How these approaches work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following what matters most to the person. The therapist reflects concerns back, helps prioritize goals, and adapts pace and topics to each session. This approach is useful when someone needs empathetic space to sort feelings.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test small changes in behavior. Online CBT sessions often include homework tasks or brief experiments to try between meetings, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress. Motivational interviewing supports people who feel stuck about making changes, such as around substance use or repeating patterns; it uses open questions and reflective listening to build motivation.
Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try a few methods, and adjust based on what feels most helpful. That joint planning helps keep sessions relevant and focused on practical steps.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules and different preferences. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work with low bandwidth, live chat suits short check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing processing between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into daily life while keeping treatment consistent and goal-oriented.
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- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English