Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
How Marva works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Licensed in
- Ohio
- Years in practice
- 14
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Marva
Marva Carter is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LPCC) based in Ohio with 14 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, addictions, anger, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Marva aims to create a warm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through their struggles and build clearer plans for change.
She draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques such as cognitive behavioral tools, motivational interviewing, and mindfulness practices to help people manage strong emotions and break unhelpful patterns.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on real-life skills - managing urges, reducing intense reactions, improving self-talk, and building everyday routines that support recovery and stability. Marva emphasizes a person-centered, strengths-based style. She listens for each person’s priorities and designs practical steps that fit their situation.
The therapist invites clients to use their existing strengths while learning new ways to respond to triggers and stressors. Her background includes years working with people affected by substance use and related challenges, and she supports those facing grief, job transitions, relationship difficulties, and questions about life purpose.
Marva keeps up with continuing education, workshops, and supervision to refine her approach and stay current with effective methods. Clients can expect straightforward guidance, collaborative goal-setting, and tools they can use between sessions to manage anger, cravings, anxiety, and low self-worth. Marva frames progress as a series of steps and adjustments, rather than a single event.
What Marva works with
Everything Marva lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Marva's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Communication problems
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Marva uses evidence-based techniques such as cognitive behavioral methods and motivational interviewing to help people change unhelpful thoughts and stay motivated for recovery. Cognitive behavioral methods look at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teach practical skills for managing anxiety, anger, and low mood. Motivational interviewing focuses on building a person’s own reasons for change and can be useful when working through addictions or ambivalence.She also incorporates mindfulness-based stress reduction practices to teach attention and breathing exercises that reduce reactivity. Mindfulness can help with managing intense emotions and improving awareness of triggers. Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the work; the therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals and preferences.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm the available session formats before booking since specific formats are not listed in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, worksheets, and practice tasks to digital sessions so you still get practical tools between meetings.
Questions people ask about Marva
What concerns does Marva commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, anger, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include communication problems, domestic violence, and workplace issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is person-centered and strengths-based, with practical, skills-focused sessions. She emphasizes collaboration and building tools you can use between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has 14 years of clinical experience supporting people through substance use concerns, mood and anxiety issues, grief, and life transitions.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an LPCC, which stands for licensed clinical professional counselor, and practices in Ohio.
Which languages are supported and can international clients connect?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking since specific formats are not listed in the biography.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.