Perry Malzahn , LSCSW

Perry Malzahn is a licensed social worker who uses practical therapy methods to help people through difficult times. She brings 15 years of experience to sessions and focuses on issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship and intimacy concerns. Perry practices in Kansas and conducts sessions in English.

Perry focuses on clear, goal-oriented work. She often uses approaches that help people change unhelpful thoughts and build coping skills. Therapy discussions are straightforward and aim to produce steps a person can try between sessions.

She has worked with people facing grief, parenting strain, fertility or postpartum concerns, and the fallout from separation or infidelity. Perry also supports people dealing with attention issues, attachment or abandonment worries, and problems that come from blended families or family of origin dynamics.

Trauma is a common concern in her practice. Perry uses trauma-focused methods and therapies that address painful memories and the ways those memories affect daily life. She also uses techniques that help manage intense emotions and improve safety and regulation.

Perry offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. The subscription used for sessions can be canceled at any time and cost varies with location and therapist availability. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and then sessions are scheduled according to availability.

How evidence-based approaches translate to online care

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. In online sessions this means identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing new skills or behavioral experiments between meetings to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms.

EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, helps people process distressing memories that continue to cause strong reactions. Delivered remotely, EMDR sessions guide clients through structured processing and stabilization techniques to reduce the intensity of traumatic memories.

Perry also draws on dialectical behavior therapy methods when emotions feel overwhelming. DBT-style skills teach emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication, which can be practiced and reviewed during phone or text check-ins.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and preferences, then recommend methods that fit. Adjustments can be made over time so the work stays aligned with what helps most.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people work face to face when deeper dialogue or EMDR processing is needed. Phone sessions can be useful for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is low. Live chat and text messaging allow for brief updates, skill coaching, or quick support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue momentum between meetings.