About Malinda
Malinda Um is an AASW social worker who helps people facing anxiety, depression, trauma and major life changes. She speaks plainly and offers steady, practical support for those feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or emotionally depleted. Many clients arrive feeling high-functioning on the outside but fragile inside; Malinda focuses on everyday steps that make a difference.
She draws on eight years of experience working across stress, compassion fatigue, grief, relationship and parenting concerns.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to identify unhelpful patterns, build emotional regulation skills, and develop small, achievable changes for daily life. Work is collaborative and paced to each person's needs. Malinda uses a mix of approaches to suit different problems and personalities.
She often combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral ideas and attachment-informed perspectives. The goal is practical: reduce distress, clarify values, and strengthen coping strategies. She has supported people dealing with abandonment, attachment issues, blended family challenges, body image, caregiver stress, codependency and career transition.
That background helps when problems cross multiple areas of life and feel interconnected. Sessions are offered in English and delivered online through video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Therapy uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time and appointments are scheduled after a short matching questionnaire.
How approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then take actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns and reduce distress. It is often applied for anxiety, low mood and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early and current relationships shape feelings and reactions, and supports building safer ways of relating to others and to oneself.Finding the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about what feels most helpful and will adapt methods to match goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process that can change as progress is made.
Online sessions use video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video suits deeper conversational work and visual connection. Phone can be easier when bandwidth is low or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging help people who prefer writing or need brief, frequent support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue work from different locations.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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