Marcia Blake

Marcia Blake is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 17 years of experience helping people through hard seasons. She focuses on clear, practical steps and aims to build trusting rapport so clients feel heard and understood. Her style is down-to-earth and collaborative, with an emphasis on what will help day to day.

Marcia has worked in residential programs, community mental health, and private practice. She has experience leading groups and meeting with people one-on-one. Her background includes supporting people coping with depression, bipolar mood concerns, anxiety, grief and loss, trauma and substance use issues.

She draws on several therapy approaches to match each person’s needs. That includes Trauma-Focused Therapy, cognitive behavioral ideas, acceptance and commitment principles, attachment-based work, and client-centered methods. Creative tools such as poetry, journaling, music, and art are sometimes used alongside talk work.

In sessions she helps people increase self-awareness and identify the core beliefs that shape their choices. Together with clients she looks at personal history, notices common triggers, and builds practical skills to reduce distress. The goal is steady, manageable change rather than quick fixes.

Marcia values a collaborative process where the client’s insight guides the work. She encourages straightforward conversation about goals and prefers to shape therapy around real life demands and preferences.

How therapy approaches translate to online work

Trauma-Focused Therapy focuses on helping people process and make sense of past distressing events. It often combines stabilizing skills with careful reflection on memories and reactions, which can reduce the hold those experiences have on daily life.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches practical ways to notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It helps people clarify values and take small committed actions that match what matters most to them.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. In online sessions this can help people recognize relationship habits, shift unhelpful expectations, and try new ways of relating to others.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose methods that fit a person’s goals, history, and preferences. That may mean trying a few techniques and adjusting as progress is made.

Online therapy can make sessions easier to fit into busy schedules and reduce travel time. It can also allow shorter check-ins when needed or work without being on camera if that feels better. Confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking so the practical details match your needs.