Works with
How Darlene works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- New Jersey
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Darlene
Darlene Narvae is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in New Jersey with three decades of experience. She focuses on common life stresses and deeper struggles, including anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, and anger. Her manner is warm and interactive, aimed at helping people feel heard while they work through problems.
She has supported people facing trauma and emotional abuse as well as those coping with parenting challenges, career shifts, and relationship strain.
Background and approach
She also helps clients navigating ADHD, bipolar concerns, and eating or sleeping difficulties. Darlene brings steady experience to complicated issues like chronic illness, caregiver stress, and codependency. Her sessions blend practical, talk-based work with skills practice.
She uses cognitive behavioral ideas to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. She pairs that with acceptance and mindfulness strategies to ease distress and increase present-moment focus. Darlene describes her style as respectful and compassionate.
She listens closely, adjusts the conversation to each person, and builds plans that fit daily life. Clients can expect direct feedback along with encouragement to try new ways of coping. She offers therapy by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
Getting started begins with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session. Darlene aims to support people taking early steps toward change and to help them build practical skills for long-term coping.
What Darlene works with
Everything Darlene lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Darlene's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Darlene lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- 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.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while clarifying what matters most to them. It uses simple exercises to build willingness to act toward values even when emotions are strong, which can help with anxiety, depression, and anger. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors. It often uses practical homework and short experiments to reduce symptoms and change daily routines.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then suggest an approach or mix of methods. That decision is collaborative and can be adjusted as needs change.
Online therapy here includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in. Live chat and messaging let people write when it fits their day and use shorter, more frequent check-ins. These options help therapy fit around work, parenting, and other daily demands.
Questions people ask about Darlene
What concerns does Darlene address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, anger, grief, relationship and family matters, and related issues such as ADHD, bipolar, and trauma.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and interactive. She listens, offers feedback, and helps people practice concrete skills between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 30 years of experience as a counselor working with a wide range of concerns and life challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, licensed in New Jersey and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions paid for?
Costs vary by location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to the therapist's availability.