About Desiree
Desiree Malam is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri who focuses on practical tools to manage everyday struggles. She brings 15 years of professional experience to sessions and helps people talk through stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, depression, and ADHD concerns. She aims to make the room feel calm and nonjudgmental.
Clients can expect direct conversation about what is happening now and clear steps to try between sessions.
Background and approach
Desiree uses straightforward strategies rather than jargon so people can use them at home, work, or school. Her approach draws on methods that help change unhelpful thoughts and build coping skills. That includes techniques for handling strong emotions, improving communication, and setting realistic goals.
She also works with people affected by trauma, abuse, or loss and offers focused support for recovery. Desiree offers help with relationship problems and intimacy-related issues without assuming a single cause. She also supports those facing career stress, parenting pressures, caregiver strain, blended family challenges, and difficulties with self-esteem or motivation.
Sessions are practical and goal-oriented. Expect to collaborate on small, manageable steps and track progress over time. Desiree encourages honest discussion and steady skill-building to make daily life feel more manageable.
How talk therapy methods work online
Desiree uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking and behaving. CBT often focuses on concrete exercises and small homework tasks to change patterns that maintain anxiety or depression.She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. DBT techniques are useful when emotions feel overwhelming or when relationships keep getting stuck.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Desiree will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then try methods that fit those needs. She adjusts techniques over time so the work stays useful and realistic.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people read visual cues and work through exercises together. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or text messaging can support brief check-ins, coaching-style guidance, or reminders between longer sessions. These options make counseling easier to fit into busy lives and keep progress moving forward.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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