About Marla
Marla Monk practices a client-centered approach that focuses on listening and building practical skills. She is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - and brings five years of clinical practice in South Carolina. Marla keeps sessions straightforward and goal-focused so parents can find help that fits everyday life.
She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with clearer ways to act. Dialectical behavior ideas help people manage strong emotions and handle stressful moments without losing control.
Background and approach
Emotionally focused and Gottman-informed methods guide conversations about relationships and help partners improve connection and communication. Marla has worked with people facing trauma, loss, and domestic violence. She also supports those navigating fertility and adoption questions, caregiving strain, career stress, and the long work of rebuilding self-esteem.
Her practice includes work with veterans, first responders, and people affected by sexual assault and abuse. Sessions are offered in English and available through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. The structure can be chosen to fit a busy schedule and the kinds of check-ins people prefer.
Costs vary by location and are handled through a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, users select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule with Marla according to her availability. The initial steps are designed to match needs and find a clear path forward.
Approaches that fit online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person's goals. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects what matters most, and helps people find their own solutions for stress, loss, or relationship strain.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and change the actions that follow. It is practical and problem-focused, useful for anxiety, low mood, and coping with changing circumstances. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, adds tools for tolerating intense emotions and reducing impulsive reactions, which can help with anger, relationship conflict, and burnout.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online formats like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video is well suited for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone calls work with lower bandwidth, live chat can be a quick check-in, and texting supports short updates between longer sessions. These options allow for continuity of care and flexible ways to practice new skills.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- California, South Carolina, Virginia
- Languages
- English