About Darlene
Darlene Clark is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who practices in Virginia and brings nine years of experience in mental health. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, and changes that shake daily life. Her approach is down-to-earth and collaborative, and she aims to make sessions feel approachable for people who are nervous about starting therapy.
She uses a mix of practical skills and conversational work.
Background and approach
That can include building coping plans for anxiety, practicing communication skills, and pacing conversations about past trauma. Darlene helps clients build self-esteem and stamina so they can handle tough moments with more confidence. Her work also attends to attachment and relationship patterns, isolation and loneliness, and difficulties with social anxiety or communication.
Darlene supports people who want clearer boundaries, better self-love, or steadier responses to stress. Sessions focus on what matters most to the person in front of her. Clients can expect a respectful, compassionate space with a relaxed tone.
She encourages people to set the agenda so therapy stays practical and relevant. The emphasis is on small, usable changes that fit into everyday life. Outside of work she spends time with family, goes to the beach, gardens, camps, and experiments with vegan recipes.
These personal interests inform a warm, relatable style in session.
Online approaches that meet you where you are
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them out with new behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and social fears because it teaches concrete coping tools.DBT, or Dialectical Behavior Therapy, teaches skills for managing strong emotions and improving communication. It can be useful for people who struggle with intense reactions or relationship challenges.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals, pace, and preferences. Plans can be adjusted as needs shift over time so work stays relevant and doable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people connect face to face when that helps, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit during a break. Chat or text can be a shorter check-in or a way to keep steady contact between longer sessions. These options make it easier to use therapy around work, family, or travel and to try different ways of working to see what feels most helpful.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also works with
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English