- Years in practice
- 15
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Desiree
Desiree Malam is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri with 15 years of experience. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, relationships, grief, depression, parenting concerns, and trauma. Her style is direct and compassionate.
She invites people to take small steps toward feeling better. She uses clear, goal-focused work in sessions so people leave with tools they can actually use. That can mean learning thought and behavior strategies, building emotional skills, or setting small goals to change difficult patterns.
Background and approach
Desiree also brings approaches aimed at healing from traumatic experiences and improving communication in close relationships. Desiree often helps clients struggling with parenting strain, blended family issues, caregiver stress, or the fallout from divorce and separation. She also addresses intimate trauma, postpartum depression, self-harm thoughts, and problems with self-esteem.
She treats concerns related to identity and LGBT issues as well as career and life transitions. Sessions are straightforward and collaborative. She works with clients to set priorities, pick relevant skills, and try practical steps between meetings.
Motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques are used to boost confidence and momentum when change feels hard. Clients can expect a calm, nonjudgmental presence and clear strategies for coping. Desiree supports people as they sort through feelings, rebuild routines, and practice new ways of relating.
She aims to make therapy understandable and useful for everyday life.
What Desiree works with
Everything Desiree lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Desiree helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Midlife crisis
- Postpartum depression
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches Desiree lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Practical approaches for online parenting and life challenges
Desiree uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that maintain stress, anxiety, or low mood. CBT often focuses on short-term, practical steps and homework that people can try between sessions to see real changes.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills and Motivational Interviewing. DBT skills teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication for intense feelings. Motivational Interviewing helps clarify personal goals and build motivation to try new coping strategies when change feels difficult.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Desiree will collaborate with clients to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and day-to-day life. That might mean combining skill practice with short-term solution-focused goals or using trauma-focused methods when recovery from past events is central.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video lets people see body language and connect in real time, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, chat or text can be used for brief check-ins or ongoing coaching, and messaging supports quick notes between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy parenting and work routines.
Questions people ask about Desiree
What kinds of problems does Desiree address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, parenting concerns, and related issues like anger and self-esteem.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Sessions are practical and collaborative, using goal-focused work, skill building, and clear strategies to help people make changes between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has 15 years of professional experience supporting people through a range of life challenges and emotional concerns.
What credentials and location apply to her practice?
She is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - practicing in Missouri.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for online work.
How is cost handled for therapy?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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