About Molly
Molly Techau is a licensed marriage and family therapist and licensed professional clinical counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, and depression. She offers direct, calm support and practical guidance for everyday struggles.
Background and approach
Molly writes and listens with warmth and clarity so people feel seen and understood. Molly came to counseling after her own experience with loss and relationships.
That personal journey led her to change course and pursue counseling work in Kentucky. She emphasizes being present and nonjudgmental while helping each person find their own path forward.
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. Sessions focus on what matters most to the client, with simple tools and questions that help uncover patterns and next steps.
Molly balances encouragement with gentle challenge so people can try new ways of handling difficult moments. She works with people age 12 and up and addresses communication issues, mood management, grief, disordered eating, and family of origin concerns.
Molly also addresses adoption and foster care questions, blended family issues, caregiver stress, codependency, and forgiveness and shame-related struggles. Outside of therapy she lives in Kentucky with her husband and four large dogs.
She enjoys running, leading Bible study, mentoring, journaling, and reading. Those everyday interests inform her practical and people-centered approach in sessions.
Approaches and online options for steady progress
Two evidence-based approaches often used in Molly's work are focused problem-solving and skills-based interventions. Focused problem-solving breaks larger issues into small steps and helps people test practical changes, which can be useful for relationship friction, decision points, or managing stress. Skills-based interventions teach concrete tools for mood and anxiety regulation, better communication, and handling impulses so people have things to try between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Molly works together with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. That means she will listen to what matters most, adjust the plan as needed, and invite feedback so the work stays useful and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people have a face-to-face conversation from wherever they are. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or visual focus is an issue. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, quick problem-solving, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent while fitting into work, school, or family routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Adoption and foster care
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky
- Languages
- English