- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Darla
Darla Roundtree, LCSW, focuses on parenting stress, relationship strain, anxiety, and grief. She meets people where they are and helps them build practical skills for everyday life. Her approach centers on listening, steady presence, and guiding clear next steps when things feel overwhelming.
She uses gentle, straightforward conversation to help people name what matters most. Sessions often include skill practice and problem-solving. Darla emphasizes each person's strengths and practical steps they can try between meetings.
Background and approach
With ten years as a licensed clinical social worker, Darla blends several approaches to match a person's needs. She leans on Attachment-Based work to explore relationship patterns and on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to shift unhelpful thoughts and actions. Emotionally-Focused methods are used when deeper feelings need attention.
Clients can expect a nonjudgmental space where the therapist listens first and suggests small experiments next. Darla supports people facing trauma, depression, bipolar concerns, addiction of coping patterns like codependency, and work or career stress. She also helps with adoption and foster care questions and attachment issues.
Darla works with parents on challenges such as blended family stress, communication problems, and caregiving strain. She also addresses intimacy-related issues, anger, body image, and compassion fatigue. Her goal is to help people move toward clearer choices and calmer days.
Sessions are offered in English and Darla accepts international clients. She practices in Tennessee as an LCSW and draws on a decade of experience to tailor care to each person's goals and life situation.
What Darla works with
Everything Darla lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Darla helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Darla lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-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.
Approaches for online parenting and relationship work
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationships shape feelings and behavior. It helps people notice patterns in close relationships and try new ways of relating to increase trust and connection. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical tools to test unhelpful thoughts and build small behavior changes that reduce anxiety and improve mood.Darla will collaborate with each person to figure out which approach, or combination of approaches, fits best. She listens to your goals and preferences and suggests a plan you can try together. Adjustments are made as progress is tracked so the work stays relevant to daily life.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and emotion work, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can fit quick check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or busy days while keeping therapeutic progress moving forward.
Questions people ask about Darla
What kinds of concerns does Darla help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting challenges, grief, ADHD, and career or caregiving strain.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and nonjudgmental with an emphasis on listening. She combines steady presence with practical steps you can try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
Darla has ten years of experience as a social worker and has worked across a range of concerns including attachment issues, codependency, and compassion fatigue.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Tennessee and provides services consistent with that credential.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she is able to work with international clients.
What session formats are available?
Work can be done via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits your needs.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Darla?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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