Marla Majors, LMHC

Washington · 11 years in practice

Marla Majors is a licensed mental health counselor in Washington who helps people handle stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship strain, family conflicts, and depression.

License and registration

LMHC, Washington: LH61312144 · expires December 2026
NPI: 1538722640 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 11
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Marla

Marla Majors is a licensed mental health counselor in Washington who helps people handle stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship strain, family conflicts, and depression. She brings 11 years of clinical experience and a warm, down-to-earth presence to sessions. Clients can expect a straightforward, human approach rather than jargon-filled therapy talk.

Marla believes people know their own stories and that strengths already exist to guide change. She uses that view to build practical steps you can try between sessions.

Background and approach

Conversations aim to be real, sometimes light, and often a mix of insight and concrete skill building. Her work draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to look at emotional patterns in relationships and attachment work to notice how early attachments affect current bonds. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and cognitive-behavioral techniques to help people shift unhelpful thoughts and make values-based choices.

Sessions are conversational and client-centered. Marla mixes supportive talk with skill practice from evidence-based methods. She keeps things approachable and may use humor to ease difficult topics.

People who come for help with abandonment, adoption and foster care concerns, attachment issues, codependency, communication problems, body image, dissociation, or recovery from domestic violence will find focused attention on those areas. Marla aims to help clients build clearer boundaries, steadier emotion regulation, and more effective ways of relating.

Taking the first step can feel hard, and Marla offers calm, practical support to start that work and move toward lasting changes.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Marla lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Depression
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Attachment issues
Avoidant personality
Blended family issues
Body image
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Dependent personality
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Narcissism
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Personality disorders
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Prejudice and discrimination
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexual dysfunction
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Marla names

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Online support

How emotion work and skills translate online

Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on identifying and reshaping emotional responses that keep people stuck in painful patterns, which can help with relationship tension and attachment concerns when done remotely. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, encourages noticing thoughts and choosing actions that match personal values, useful for anxiety, depression, and addictive behaviors via practical exercises and homework.

Marla approaches treatment as a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about their goals and try different methods to see what fits best. Together they decide whether to emphasize emotion-focused work, acceptance and values strategies, or cognitive techniques based on what the person needs.

Online sessions offer flexibility in how therapy happens. Video calls let people read facial expressions and use visual tools. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, journaling-style reflection, or tracking progress between sessions. These options help fit therapy into a busy life and keep continuity when in-person meetings aren’t possible.

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Questions people ask

What difficulties does Marla help people with?

She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship strain, family conflict, and depression, plus issues like abandonment, attachment concerns, communication problems, and body image.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her style is warm, interactive, and sometimes humorous. Sessions are client-centered and mix talk with practical skill work to make therapy engaging and useful.

What is her professional background?

She has 11 years of clinical experience working in mental health settings and focuses on combining emotion-focused work with cognitive and acceptance-based approaches.

What credentials and location are listed for the therapist?

She holds the LMHC credential and practices in Washington as a WA LMHC.

Which languages are offered and can international clients join?

Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.

What formats are available for sessions?

Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How are costs handled for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

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