How her approaches translate to online therapy

Marlea combines client-centered work with cognitive behavioral strategies to make online sessions feel practical and focused. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and meeting people where they are, which helps build trust even through video or text. Cognitive behavioral therapy offers clear tools for changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and those exercises adapt well to short activities, worksheets, and between-session practice online.

She also uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing to support people who want to manage stress or create change. Mindfulness teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce anxiety and improve sleep. Motivational interviewing helps someone identify their own reasons to change and move past ambivalence. Finding the right mix of these methods is collaborative; the therapist will discuss goals, try approaches, and adjust based on what feels most useful to the client.

Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for full sessions with visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a less visual check-in is preferred, live chat fits quick check-ins or short conversations, and messaging supports ongoing contact and brief reflections between meetings. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between sessions.