Marla Patterson, LPC

Marla Patterson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Georgia with 14 years of experience in the behavioral and mental health field. She brings a respectful, kind, and client-centered approach to each session, focusing on building a supportive and encouraging space where people can explore challenges and work toward meaningful change.

Her work is grounded in a strength-based orientation that highlights each person’s resourcefulness and resilience. Marla collaborates with clients to identify existing strengths, set clear goals, and develop practical skills to manage stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting issues, career transitions, mood disorders, attention challenges, and other life changes. Sessions are designed as a cooperative process in which therapist and client partner to address needs and plan steps forward.

Marla emphasizes compassion and practical problem solving, and she welcomes individuals who are ready to begin addressing their goals. Prospective clients in Georgia who are interested in working with a licensed professional counselor may reach out when they are ready to start the process.

Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Care

Marla Patterson uses a strength-based framework alongside a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques to support clients online. A strength-based approach emphasizes a person’s existing resources and resilience, helping them build on what already works to manage stress, navigate life changes, and improve self-esteem. Evidence-based therapeutic techniques refer to methods that research has shown to be effective; in practice this means tailoring structured strategies to address issues such as anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, grief, and relationship concerns in measurable ways.

Choosing the right combination of approaches is a collaborative process. Marla works with each client to understand their needs, goals, and preferences, and together they adjust methods over time to find what fits best. This partnership helps ensure that therapy aligns with the client’s life circumstances and desired outcomes.

Online therapy with Marla is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which provides flexibility for busy schedules and those who prefer remote care. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of support, access licensed professionals from home, and fit sessions into daily life without long commutes.