- Collaborative approach
- Practical coping skills
- Mindfulness focus
About Marsha
Marsha Kerr is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience. She centers the work on each person who comes to therapy and listens first to understand what matters most. She helps people clarify goals, manage symptoms, and find practical ways to feel better day to day.
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. Sessions emphasize listening, building trust, and finding steps that fit the client's life. She draws on client-centered principles to keep the focus on the person's experience and priorities rather than on rigid rules.
Marsha also uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to support coping and mood management. She helps people notice unhelpful thinking, develop new habits, and practice simple attention skills that reduce stress. Solution-focused ideas are used when a person wants clear, short-term goals.
Her background includes a clinical social work degree from New York University and many years working with underserved and disenfranchised groups. She has also supported adults facing questions about purpose, fulfillment, and meaning in midlife and beyond.
People who come for help often bring anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship strain, or struggles with self-esteem and life transitions. Marsha works with these concerns while attending to issues such as caregiving and aging, codependency, isolation, and compassion fatigue. Her approach is practical and person-focused.
How her approaches fit with online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead, which helps shape sessions around what the person most wants to address. This approach supports topics like relationships, life purpose, and coping with change by keeping the client's experience central.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches practical skills to shift them. CBT can be useful for anxiety, depression, mood disorders, and stress by offering clear tools and homework to practice between sessions.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches attention and awareness techniques that reduce reactivity and support emotion regulation. These skills help with rumination, stress, grief, and compassion fatigue through brief practices and grounding exercises.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and try methods that match those goals. This collaborative process allows adjustments over time based on what helps most.
The biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so confirm current session options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, allow brief check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, short skill practices, and goal-setting work to an online setting to keep therapy focused and practical.
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Experience
25+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Marsha help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem struggles. Additional areas include relationship issues, compassion fatigue, bipolar and mood concerns, and challenges related to aging and life purpose.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her work is collaborative and person-focused, starting with listening to the client's priorities. She blends client-centered listening with practical tools so sessions stay grounded and useful.
What is her professional background?
She has 25 years of experience in the mental health field and earned a clinical social work degree from New York University. Much of her career has involved serving underserved and disenfranchised populations.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, licensed in Florida and practices there.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not taking international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm the current session options before booking.
How is cost handled for therapy?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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