About Malisa
Malisa Hepner is a licensed clinical social worker in Oklahoma who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She supports people facing relationship strain, family conflict, and big life changes. She also focuses on self-esteem, motivation, and healing after loss.
Malisa describes her style as straightforward and personal. She draws on her own experience with complex post-traumatic stress to shape how she listens and responds. Sessions tend to be direct and practical, with clear ideas for what to try between meetings.
Background and approach
Her approach combines several therapy methods to match each person’s needs. That can mean using skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy to manage strong emotions, attachment-focused ideas to improve connection, and mindfulness to build calm and focus. She also pulls in solution-focused techniques to set short-term goals and track progress.
In the room she aims for honest, plain talk. Conversations are meant to help people understand patterns, practice new ways of relating, and make small changes that add up. She offers tools for communication, handling control issues, and working through guilt or shame.
Clients often work on navigating divorce or separation, rebuilding self-love, and moving toward a clearer sense of life purpose. With three years of professional experience and an Oklahoma LCSW license, Malisa blends practical steps and personal insight to support steady change.
How Malisa’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Attachment-Based Therapy helps people understand bonds and patterns in close relationships. It focuses on how early connections shape current reactions and can help with relationship strain and improving trust. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions, tolerating distress, and improving emotion regulation. It is useful for those who feel overwhelmed or stuck in cycles of strong feelings. Emotionally-Focused Therapy centers on identifying emotions under conflict and building clearer communication to repair connection and reduce hurt.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then suggest which methods to try first. Adjustments happen over time based on what gains traction and what the person finds helpful.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for longer conversations and interactive skill practice. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and tracking progress easier between sessions. These options aim to make therapy flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
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- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English