About Marva
Marva Carter is a licensed clinical professional counselor with 14 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, anger, and self-esteem concerns. She works with individuals facing big life changes and moments when motivation or confidence feels low. Her manner is direct and supportive, focused on practical steps people can use right away.
Marva draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to shape each session. She blends tools from cognitive behavioral ideas, motivational interviewing, and mindfulness practices to match what a person needs that week.
How Marva works
Sessions emphasize concrete skills for coping, reducing symptoms, and improving daily functioning. Her style is person-centered and strengths-based. That means she centers each person’s existing resources and choices when planning steps forward.
She aims to build a steady working relationship and to adapt interventions to fit individual preferences and goals. Throughout her career she has supported people dealing with substance use and related challenges, including drug and alcohol addiction, and those coping with trauma, domestic violence, or grief.
She also helps people work through communication problems, workplace stress, social anxiety, and questions about life purpose and relationships. Marva works from ongoing professional learning, attending workshops and supervision to refine her practice. She offers therapy in English from her Ohio practice and accepts international clients.
To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.
What Marva works with
The areas below are the ones Marva selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also listed
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
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Online support options
How evidence-based techniques translate to online therapy
Marva describes her work as grounded in evidence-based therapeutic techniques such as cognitive behavioral methods, motivational interviewing, and mindfulness-based practices. Cognitive behavioral methods focus on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Motivational interviewing supports people who feel stuck or ambivalent about change, and is often helpful for substance use and shifting habits. Mindfulness-based practices teach attention and breathing skills to reduce stress and improve emotion regulation.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Marva works collaboratively to decide which techniques fit a person’s goals, needs, and preferences. Together they set clear, realistic goals and try practical steps to see what helps most over a few sessions.
The biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people practice skills in the settings where they live and work, which can help translate progress into everyday life.
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