- CBT methods
- DBT skills
- Trauma-focused work
About Perry
Perry Malzahn is an LSCSW - Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker in Kansas with 15 years of clinical experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, parenting, and ADHD. Perry also lists blended family issues among her focus areas and helps people facing common stepfamily pressures such as loyalty conflicts and changing household roles.
Perry uses practical, skills-based approaches in sessions. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address unhelpful thinking and Dialectical Behavior Therapy for emotion regulation and crisis skills. She also uses EMDR and trauma-focused methods when past events continue to affect daily life.
In short meetings Perry helps people set small, achievable goals. She works through communication patterns, parenting tensions, and boundaries that come up after a new partner or blended household forms. Conversations are straightforward and action oriented, with practice between sessions when that fits the person's needs.
Perry has experience supporting people dealing with infidelity, attachment concerns, separation and divorce, fertility and peripartum issues, and grief. She also notes work with veterans and military-connected concerns in her background. These topics often overlap in stepfamily situations and she attends to that overlap in planning care.
Sessions are offered in English from Kansas. The practice uses a subscription-based payment model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the online booking flow.
Therapeutic approaches and how online sessions are used
Perry commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing in her work. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can help with anxiety, stress, and relationship patterns. EMDR addresses distress tied to past events and can reduce how strongly those memories affect day-to-day life.Finding the right approach is collaborative. Perry will discuss goals, symptoms, and preferences and suggest which methods to try first. That plan can change as progress or new concerns emerge, and decisions are made together rather than assumed up front.
Confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking. Online work can make therapy easier to fit into a weeknight or a lunch break, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people use strategies learned in session in their actual home routines more quickly. Licensed professionals adapt CBT exercises, DBT skills practice, and trauma-focused techniques to an online setting so people can continue steady work even when an in-person visit is difficult.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Kansas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address that relate to stepfamilies?
Perry lists blended family issues along with relationship, parenting, attachment, grief, divorce and communication problems. She helps people navigate the tensions that often come with merging households.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses practical, skills-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy, with trauma-focused techniques when needed. Sessions emphasize clear goals and steps to try between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 15 years of experience working with a range of concerns including trauma, depression, anxiety, infidelity, and parenting challenges.
What credential and location are listed?
She is an LSCSW - Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker in Kansas and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for?
Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the booking flow.
Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.