About Darla
Darla Greene helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, and big life changes. She supports people dealing with addictions, anger, low self-esteem, and relationship or family strain. She also works with concerns related to bipolar disorder, ADHD, and obsessive or compulsive behaviors.
Darla is a licensed clinical social worker. LCSW stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker and she holds Tennessee license number 5594. Her style is straightforward and practical.
Background and approach
She treats the person, not just the problem, and starts by listening to what matters most to each client. Darla uses clear tools and steps people can try between sessions. She believes people bring strengths that help them move forward.
In sessions she focuses on problem-solving and skill-building. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is part of her work to help shift unhelpful thoughts and habits. She pairs that with real-life strategies for coping and managing mood and stress.
Darla has ten years of professional experience in behavioral health in Tennessee. Her background includes supporting people through trauma and abuse and helping parents handle everyday strain. She prefers a calm, collaborative approach and works at a pace clients can manage.
Many clients find practical takeaways useful after a few sessions. Darla encourages small steps that add up over time. She guides people as they practice new ways of coping and making lasting changes.
Using CBT and practical tools in online therapy
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors that keep problems going. It teaches simple exercises and experiments to try between sessions, which can help with anxiety, depression, and compulsive habits.When working online, Darla adapts CBT techniques into short, doable practices clients can use in daily life. She helps clients track thoughts, test new reactions, and build routines that reduce stress and improve mood. This hands-on, skill-building work fits well with video or phone sessions where exercises can be discussed and reviewed.
Finding the right fit for therapy is a joint process. The therapist and client review goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they choose which approaches and session formats to try, and they adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online options like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging make it easier to work around busy schedules. Video is useful for deeper conversation and exercises that benefit from visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good, lower-bandwidth choice for check-ins. Chat or text messaging suits quick updates, brief coaching, and follow-up between longer sessions. These formats increase flexibility and make regular contact more manageable for many people.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Family conflicts
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English