About Reba
Reba Parla, LCSW, offers a friendly, interactive style that aims to make therapy approachable. She highlights what people have done well in the past to build confidence for tackling current problems. Sessions include simple breathing and affirmation exercises that clients can use between meetings.
Reba uses cognitive-behavioral techniques alongside a strengths-based outlook. She helps people spot unhelpful thinking and try small, manageable changes. That practical focus is meant to create steady improvements over time.
Background and approach
Her work often addresses stress, anxiety, anger, low self-esteem, depression, and ADHD-related concerns. She also supports people facing issues such as hoarding, impulsivity, mood shifts, and the emotional effects of aging. Reba pays attention to how a person’s relationships and daily routines shape their mood.
She checks in regularly to make sure sessions match each person's needs and goals. Exercises and short homework tasks are used to reinforce what was talked about in the session. With five years of clinical experience, Reba provides straightforward coaching and skills practice.
She practices in Maine and offers English-language services. Her approach is collaborative and centered on real-life tools that people can use between appointments.
Practical approaches delivered online
Reba uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test small behavioral changes. That approach targets worry, low mood, and routines that get in the way of daily functioning.She also works from a strengths-based perspective that highlights a person’s past successes and existing skills. This helps people build confidence and create realistic steps toward their goals.
Finding the best approach is a team effort. Reba checks in about what is working and adapts methods based on a client’s needs, goals, and preferences. Together they pick exercises and homework that fit the person’s life and schedule.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and shared visual tools, phone sessions require less bandwidth, and live chat or messaging can be useful for quick check-ins or shorter check-ins between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to practice skills in the situations where they matter most.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Maine
- Languages
- English
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