Marcia Blake

Marcia Blake is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 17 years of experience. She focuses on helping people facing strong emotions like anger, anxiety, depression, and grief. Her style emphasizes building trust and treating each person as the expert on their own life.

She has worked in group and individual settings across residential programs, community mental health, and private practice. That background informs a flexible approach aimed at practical changes. Sessions often include straightforward skill-building and creative tools like journaling, poetry, music, and art.

Marcia blends several evidence-based methods to match what each person needs. She draws from cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and dialectical behavior tools for emotion regulation. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-aware ideas guide work around values and relationships.

The goal is to expand self-awareness and challenge negative core beliefs that shape daily reactions. Marcia helps people trace patterns, recognize triggers, and practice small, doable changes. Treatment plans are collaborative and built around real life routines.

People can expect sessions that mix talk, practical exercises, and creative exploration. The focus is on learning skills that carry into everyday moments. To begin, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step are used to connect people with her practice.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small committed steps toward them. It helps people who feel stuck by teaching them to notice thoughts and choose value-driven actions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior, and uses practical exercises to change those patterns. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and many mood-related problems. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills, which can be helpful for intense emotions and relationship stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adapt them as progress or challenges appear, keeping the plan collaborative.

Confirm the therapist's current online session options before booking, since formats are not listed in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and enabling work during breaks or from different locations. It also lets the therapist assign between-session exercises like journaling or guided skills practice that support steady progress.