Therapist profile
Marla Carman, LMHC, LPC
Arizona
LMHC and LPC - Relationships and Trauma
Continue with MarlaWhere Marla stands
- Credentials
- LMHC, LPC
- License
- LPC, Arizona / LPC-13114; LMHC, Florida / MH9977; LMHC, Washington / LH61364554
- NPI
- 1083949523
- Experience
- 21 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Arizona
About
- Codependency work
- Trauma focused methods
- CBT and ACT
About Marla
Marla Carman is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) and licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Arizona with 21 years of experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, addictions, and codependency concerns among many others. Marla works with adults who are dealing with life changes, caregiving strain, and challenges that affect daily functioning.
She uses a mix of practical therapies to help people manage symptoms and make changes that fit real life. Marla draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and build committed action. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and Mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity.
Her work often centers on relationships and intimacy issues, family-of-origin patterns, and problems with boundaries and people-pleasing. She addresses body image, eating and sleeping struggles, and the complications that come with addiction or living with someone who has mood or substance issues. Marla also supports clients facing abandonment, divorce, fertility concerns, caregiver stress, and end-of-life related needs.
Sessions include trauma-focused methods such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing when appropriate, alongside solution-focused strategies for short-term goals. Marla emphasizes straightforward skills you can use between sessions - breathing and grounding, behavior experiments, and stepwise exposure to difficult situations.
People who prefer clear options and practical steps find her approach direct and action-oriented. To begin, clients are asked to complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the online therapy options button.
How sessions work
How Marla uses ACT, CBT and EMDR online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values. Online ACT sessions focus on building awareness of unhelpful thoughts and practicing value-based steps between meetings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy breaks problems into thoughts, feelings and behaviors and uses experiments to test new ways of behaving. In teletherapy CBT, clients learn to try brief behavior changes and track results in daily life. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is an approach used for processing traumatic memories; when appropriate it is integrated into care to reduce the grip of past events and improve present functioning.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist and client review goals, preferences, and how symptoms show up, then choose or combine methods that make sense. This is a collaborative process with regular check-ins about what is helping and what needs to change.
Confirm the 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 week, shorten commute time, and allow follow-up or brief check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let clients do behavioral experiments or practice skills in their everyday settings and report back the results to the therapist.
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Experience
21+ years
Listed in
Arizona, Florida, Washington
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with adults on stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy problems, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, addictions, codependency, and related issues.
What is her general approach in sessions?
She combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness, EMDR and solution-focused techniques to provide practical skills and targeted trauma work.
How much experience does she have?
Marla has 21 years of experience working in mental health with adults on a wide range of concerns.
What credentials and location apply to her practice?
She holds LMHC and LPC credentials and practices in Arizona.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats does she use?
Confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats on file.
How are costs handled?
Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her practice?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule your first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.