Conner McFarlin, LSCSW

Conner McFarlin is a Kansas licensed social worker who brings seven years of clinical experience to her practice. She spent five years as a middle school social worker and previously taught relationship education using the Gottman Institute curriculum. Conner uses clear, practical language and a collaborative style to help people take the first steps toward change.

She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and depression. Conner also pays attention to attachment concerns and questions around sexuality. Sessions are straightforward and aim to make difficult topics easier to talk about.

Her approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with attachment-informed ideas and mindfulness tools. That mix helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, strengthen important bonds, and build calm in daily life. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods are used when people want short-term goals and practical next steps.

Conner aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where feelings and thoughts can be shared. She prefers working side by side with people to set goals and try small experiments between sessions. Progress is often about steady steps rather than quick fixes.

Her background in schools and relationship education shapes a practical, relational way of working. People who want clear strategies and supportive guidance may find her style a good fit.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Conner commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy in her online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people spot and adjust unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce anxiety or low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationship patterns shape current connections and helps people build safer, more predictable ways of relating.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Conner will work collaboratively to match methods to a client's needs, goals, and preferences, trying practical interventions and adjusting as progress is made. She often combines brief, goal-focused techniques with relational work to address both symptoms and the relationships that matter.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into daily life. Video is useful when visual cues help the work, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a quick check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options aim to increase flexibility and help people connect with a licensed professional in a way that fits their routine.