Marlene Decker
MA, MFA, MFT
For nearly 40 years of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families through difficult periods in their lives. As a family therapist, I work with people facing relationship challenges, trauma, addiction, and behavioral health concerns, including through marriage counselling. If you're feeling stuck, overwhelmed, disconnected, or ready for change, therapy can offer a place to understand what you're experiencing and consider where you want to go from here.
Know More About Me
As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I believe therapy should be a collaborative and compassionate experience. My goal is to help clients feel heard, understood, and empowered as they work through challenges, strengthen relationships, and move toward personal growth.
With nearly 40 years of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families, I bring a broad clinical background to my work. My experience includes inpatient and outpatient care, psychiatric and substance-abuse emergency services, family and dual-diagnosis groups, and addiction-focused treatment. I also provide marriage counselling and family therapy for clients working through relationship and family concerns.
Support for the Challenges You're Facing
Life presents challenges that can affect our relationships, emotional well-being, and sense of purpose. At No Labels Counseling, you'll find a supportive environment where we can work through concerns with empathy, collaboration, and care. Together, we'll explore what you're experiencing, recognize your strengths, and draw on practical therapeutic approaches to help you move toward meaningful change.
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“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
— Mary Oliver
Couple Therapy
"For love, all love of other sights removes, And makes one little room an everywhere."
— John Donne
"In the midst of winter, I found there was within me, an invincible summer."
— Albert Camus
How My Clinical Experience Shapes Therapy
My approach is grounded in nearly 40 years of experience working with individuals, couples, and families, including inpatient and outpatient care, psychiatric and substance-abuse emergencies, initial assessments, and family and dual-diagnosis groups. I draw from this experience when supporting people facing addiction, trauma, relationship conflict, and difficult life transitions, while keeping the work focused on where you are today.
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Creating a Space Where You Can Be Open
Therapy begins with trust. I provide a supportive, non-judgmental environment where you can talk openly about your thoughts, emotions, relationships, and experiences without feeling pressured to have everything figured out.
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Looking Beneath the Surface
Together, we'll explore patterns, experiences, and underlying factors that may be influencing emotional distress, relationship difficulties, or behaviors that no longer serve you. My person-centered approach allows us to focus on what matters most to you.
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Turning Understanding Into Forward Movement
We'll use practical therapeutic approaches to help you build greater awareness, develop healthier patterns, and work toward meaningful change. My training includes person-centered, relational, CBT, mindfulness-based, compassion-focused, and other approaches that can inform the work when appropriate.
Types of Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Gestalt
Psychodynamic
Compassion Focused
Interpersonal
Person-Centered
Eclectic
Intervention
Neuro-Linguistic (NLP)
Family / Marital
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Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
Relational
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No Labels Counseling