Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
How Marla works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Marla
Marla Johnson is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida. She uses a client-centered, solution-focused style to help people manage strong feelings and solve immediate problems. Her work often centers on anger, stress, anxiety, depression, and difficulties with relationships and parenting.
With 25 years of practice, Marla has supported people through grief, trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, and life transitions. She brings steady, calm attention to sessions and focuses on simple, practical steps people can try between meetings.
Background and approach
She values a warm, nonjudgmental atmosphere where clients can speak openly. Marla combines cognitive behavioral techniques with mindfulness and motivational strategies when those tools fit a person's needs. She emphasizes short-term goals alongside deeper work on family of origin issues, attachment concerns, abandonment wounds, and self-esteem.
Sessions can address sleep and eating struggles, impulsivity, and mood disorders like bipolar or panic symptoms. People looking for help with ADHD, communication problems, or challenges related to adoption and foster care can work on skills and plans tailored to their situation. She also takes concerns about intimacy, sexuality, and LGBT-related stress seriously and attends to each person's life context.
Marla offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different schedules and preferences. She works in English and practices in Florida as an LMHC.
What Marla works with
Everything Marla lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Marla's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Communication problems
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Approaches Marla lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-centered work focuses on listening and building trust. In this style the therapist follows the person's lead, reflects what they say, and helps them find their own solutions; it is useful for exploring anger, grief, or relationship worries.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings and behaviors. It teaches practical tools to test unhelpful thoughts and to build small behavior changes that reduce anxiety, manage anger, and improve sleep.
Mindfulness therapy brings attention to the present moment through simple exercises. These practices help with stress, impulsivity, and mood regulation by training awareness and calmer responses to strong emotions.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk about goals, try a few strategies, and adjust the plan based on what works best. Clients and the therapist decide together whether to emphasize skill-building, deeper background work, or short-term problem solving.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and do deeper conversation. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging allow ongoing brief contact and quick check-ins between sessions. Together these options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue consistent care.
Questions people ask about Marla
What kinds of problems does this therapist address?
Marla works with a broad range of concerns including anger, stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and relationship issues. She also helps with parenting stress, grief, self-esteem, and sleep or eating difficulties.
What is the therapeutic style like?
The approach is client-centered and solution-focused. Sessions emphasize listening, practical steps, and strategies such as cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness when helpful.
How much experience does the therapist have?
She has 25 years of counseling experience working with a wide variety of issues and life stages.
Where is the therapist licensed and working?
The clinician practices in Florida and holds the credential LMHC, which stands for Licensed Mental Health Counselor.
In which language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How does pricing and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.