About Marilyn
Marilyn Davis is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Oklahoma. She brings 19 years of experience working directly with people facing anxiety, stress, trauma, depression, ADHD, and anger. Marilyn writes and talks plainly, and she aims to make the first steps feel manageable for worried parents and individuals.
She uses a collaborative, team-style approach in sessions. That means she works together with each person to set goals and build a plan that fits their life.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on concrete skills and small changes that add up over time. Marilyn has worked in public schools with students on Individualized Education Plans and in independent practice with a range of ages. She has also done research in academic and inpatient settings, which informs how she structures plans and measures progress.
Her work covers many everyday struggles, including parenting challenges, grief, coping with life changes, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and family of origin issues. She also helps people facing phobias, body image concerns, and relationship communication problems. In session she draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing.
The focus is practical: reduce distress, improve coping, and increase meaningful activity. Marilyn aims to listen first, then offer steps people can try between sessions.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and take small steps toward those values despite anxiety or fear. It focuses on actions that build a meaningful life rather than trying to eliminate every uncomfortable feeling. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, phobias, depression, and coping with life changes.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Marilyn will work together with each person to identify goals, try techniques, and adjust strategies based on what helps. That means trying an approach, reviewing progress, and shifting course when something isn’t working well for the individual.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which provide flexibility for different needs. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and emotional coaching. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief updates, reminders, and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into school, work, and caregiving schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English
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