Marla Gentile, LPC, LPCC
California · 40 years in practice
Marla Gentile is a Licensed Professional Counselor with four decades of experience.
License and registration
- LPCC, California
- 9792 · expires June 2027
- LCMHC, North Carolina
- 6854 · expires June 2026
- LMHC, Florida
- MH1119 · expires March 2027
- LPC, South Carolina
- 11440 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1750722005 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 40
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Marla
Marla Gentile is a Licensed Professional Counselor with four decades of experience. She is credentialed as an LPC and LPCC and practices from California. Marla focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and grief in straightforward, practical ways.
She centers her work on each person's strengths and life story. Marla believes clients know their experience best and that therapy is a partnership. She offers steady support while helping people try new ways of coping and relating.
Background and approach
Marla uses approaches that pay attention to relationships, body sensation, and present experience. That can include Attachment-Based and Client-Centered methods to explore how early relationships shape current feelings. She also uses mindfulness and psychodynamic ideas to notice patterns that keep someone stuck.
Marla lists Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, often abbreviated as EMDR, among the approaches she uses for trauma-related work. EMDR can be offered alongside other methods to reduce the intensity of distressing memories or reactions. She frequently works with concerns like compassion fatigue, career stress, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and self-esteem.
Additional focus areas include caregiving strain, codependency, communication problems, grief around illness or loss, and questions about life purpose. Marla offers sessions in English and is available to international clients. Her style is steady, respectful, and collaborative, with an emphasis on simple tools people can use between sessions.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Marla lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Marla names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Marla blends relationship work and trauma approaches online
Marla often uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how earlier relationships affect current feelings and reactions; this approach helps people notice patterns in how they connect with others and reduce repeating cycles. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on listening closely, offering acceptance, and helping someone find their own solutions during sessions. EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is part of her toolkit for addressing trauma-related memories and strong emotional reactions when that fits a person's needs.Finding the right approach is a shared process. Marla will talk with each person about their goals, previous experiences with therapy, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made or needs change.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for these approaches. Video calls let a person and therapist see facial cues and body language during deeper processing. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between sessions, track moments of distress, or get brief support during a busy day. These options create flexibility to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping the focus on healing and skill building.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns can she help with?
Marla works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, relationship and intimacy-related issues, self-esteem and career concerns among other life challenges.
What is her therapy style like?
She takes a collaborative, respectful approach that highlights each person's strengths. Sessions mix listening, reflection, and practical coping strategies to apply between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
Marla brings 40 years of professional experience to her work, drawing on many years of practice with a wide range of life and trauma-related concerns.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds LPC and LPCC credentials and practices from California.
Which languages are supported and can international clients participate?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
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