Marla Moreno, LPC

Marla Moreno is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Oregon with eight years of experience. She works with adults and brings a straightforward, warm style to sessions. Her voice is direct but compassionate and she helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, mood changes, and relationship strain.

Marla uses practical tools drawn from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and motivational techniques to help people change unhelpful thinking and behavior. She also draws on mindfulness and narrative ideas to help clients notice patterns and make different choices. Sessions focus on concrete skills for coping, clearer communication, and managing strong emotions like anger or low mood.

Clients often come for help with life changes, attention challenges such as ADHD, bipolar mood issues, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses concerns like sleep and seasonal mood shifts, process-related behaviors, and challenges after separation or loss. Work may include short-term problem solving or longer work on goals and life direction.

Her approach is collaborative. Marla helps people set goals and lays out steps to reach them. She combines talk-based strategies with mindfulness and practical exercises so people can try new ways of responding between sessions.

Marla describes her style as empathetic, direct, and encouraging. She supports people in building communication skills, reducing stress, and finding more balance at home and work.

How Marla’s approaches translate to online work

Marla often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy in her work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying different behaviors to test new outcomes; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Mindfulness Therapy helps people notice their moment-to-moment experience and develop calmer responses to strong feelings, which can aid with reactivity and mood regulation.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist and client will discuss goals, preferences, and how each method might fit those goals. That collaborative decision guides which techniques are emphasized over time.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and offering ways to practice skills between appointments. Licensed professionals adapt CBT and mindfulness exercises so they remain practical and useful even when sessions are remote.