Perry Malzahn, LSCSW

Perry Malzahn is a licensed social worker with 15 years of experience helping people through major life changes. She uses clear, practical methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. Perry approaches sessions with calmness and direct support so clients can begin making small, usable changes right away.

Her work often focuses on trauma, grief, parenting challenges, and intimacy-related issues. She also helps people who are navigating family conflict, blended family questions, separation, and fertility-related stress. People bring concerns ranging from attention difficulties to complex losses, and she supports practical next steps for each situation.

Perry draws on several evidence-based approaches. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thinking and behavior. Dialectical behavior strategies are used to teach emotion regulation and coping skills. She also integrates trauma-focused methods and EMDR for people processing past traumatic events.

Her experience includes work with military personnel and with a wide age range of clients, including children and adolescents. Perry emphasizes collaboration and clear goals in therapy, so sessions stay focused on what matters to the client. She explains tools in everyday language and helps people try them between meetings.

Perry holds a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker credential, KS LSCSW. She practices in Kansas and conducts sessions in English. To begin, people are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule time according to the therapist's availability.

How Perry's approaches translate to online work

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Online sessions can include talking through patterns, setting small practice tasks, and reviewing progress between meetings. DBT, or dialectical behavior therapy, centers on building skills for emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness, and can be used to teach concrete coping tools during sessions and practice them afterward. EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a trauma-focused method that helps people process difficult memories; when used online it involves guided processing and careful pacing to match the client's needs.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, symptoms, and what feels doable. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made or needs change.

The practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy week and reducing travel time, which can make it easier to attend regularly. Online work can allow shorter check-ins when needed, and it can be scheduled around work, childcare, or other obligations. Confirm the current session options before booking to know which formats are offered and to choose what fits best.