Malisa Hepner, LCSW

Oklahoma · 3 years in practice

Malisa Hepner is a licensed clinical social worker in Oklahoma who helps people manage stress, anxiety, and relationship challenges.

License and registration

LCSW, Oklahoma: 20044 · expires December 2026
NPI: 1285479469 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 3
Languages: English

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About Malisa

Malisa Hepner is a licensed clinical social worker in Oklahoma who helps people manage stress, anxiety, and relationship challenges. She works with concerns like self-esteem, motivation, grief, and life changes. Her style is direct and practical, and she draws on personal experience to shape her approach.

Malisa describes herself as a non-traditional therapist who is willing to be honest about what she believes works. She uses that straightforward perspective to teach skills and offer clear suggestions in sessions.

Background and approach

She also brings personal insight from her own recovery from complex post-traumatic stress to inform how she supports others. Her work blends emotion-focused ideas with skills-based approaches. That means sessions look at feelings and attachment patterns, while also practicing coping tools and mindfulness exercises.

Clients can expect a mix of conversation, skill practice, and goal-focused planning. Over three years as a licensed clinical social worker, Malisa has focused on helping people navigate communication problems, control issues, divorce and separation, and feelings of guilt or shame. She also supports those feeling isolated or questioning life direction.

She uses accessible language and short-term strategies when helpful, while also addressing deeper emotional patterns. The aim is to build small, practical changes that help people feel steadier and more connected to their goals.

Focus areas and approaches

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Approaches Malisa names

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Online support

Emotion and Skills Work Online

Emotionally-Focused Therapy looks at how feelings shape the way people relate and react. It helps identify painful emotions and create new ways to respond to them, which can ease patterns that keep someone stuck.

Attachment-Based Therapy examines early patterns of connection and how they show up now. It helps people notice how they reach for support or pull away, and then practice new ways of relating that feel safer and more effective.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, focuses on practical skills for managing strong emotions, tolerating distress, and improving communication. It offers clear steps and exercises to reduce overwhelm and improve decision making.

Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the process; the therapist will work collaboratively to choose methods that match a person's needs, goals, and preferences. That means talking through options and adjusting the plan over time rather than sticking to a single method.

Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Video allows face-to-face conversation, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is an issue, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflections between sessions. These options offer flexibility so people can practice skills and stay connected to progress even with a full schedule.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Malisa commonly address?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, family conflict, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include communication problems, control issues, grief, and post-traumatic stress.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is direct and practical with honest feedback and teaching. Sessions combine emotional work with concrete skills and mindfulness practice.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has three years of professional experience working as a licensed clinical social worker. That experience informs her blend of emotion-focused and skills-based techniques.

What credential and location apply to her practice?

She holds an LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and is licensed in Oklahoma.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English only. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats does she provide?

Sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. This allows flexibility to fit different schedules and preferences.

How are fees and subscriptions handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing depends on those factors.

What are the first steps to begin therapy?

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