About Marcel
Marcel Payne is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing addiction, relationship struggles, anxiety, and life changes. He uses straightforward methods to guide people toward clearer decisions and healthier habits. He focuses on addictions of many kinds, including substance use and process addictions like gambling or excessive exercise.
He also helps people deal with family problems, communication breakdowns, and the guilt or shame that can follow difficult choices.
How Marcel works
Marcel draws from approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. Sessions aim to build practical skills for coping with stress, anger, chronic pain, and depression rather than only talking about feelings. Clients can expect a collaborative, nonjudgmental space where the work centers on their goals.
Marcel guides people to notice unhelpful patterns and try small, manageable changes that fit their life. With three years of clinical experience and credentials as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and a Clinical Social Worker (CSW), he practices in Georgia. He offers therapy that balances goal-focused strategies with attention to personal values and strengths.
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What Marcel works with
The areas below are the ones Marcel selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Stress, Anxiety
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, CSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Georgia |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approach-driven online therapy and how it helps
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice their thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and patterns that keep someone stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and stress management. Motivational Interviewing is a gentle, goal-focused conversation style that supports people who are weighing change, especially around addictions or substance use.Finding the right approach is a joint process. The therapist works with each person to figure out which method or combination fits their needs and goals. Choices are revisited over time so the plan stays useful as challenges shift.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is handy for shorter check-ins, and texting supports brief ongoing work between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while focusing on consistent progress.
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