About Marcia
Marcia Tharp is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Montana. She holds LICSW and LCSW credentials and brings 18 years of experience to her work. She aims to help people uncover solutions that already live inside them.
Sessions are practical and paced around each person’s needs. Marcia meets people where they are and uses several approaches to support change. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Client-Centered Therapy.
How Marcia works
These methods are used to help with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression. Her practice also focuses on everyday challenges like sleeping problems, parenting strain, anger, and low self-esteem. She supports people facing career concerns, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and bipolar disorder.
Additional attention is given to issues such as abandonment, adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and attachment problems. Marcia aims to create a calm space where thoughts and feelings can be talked through without judgment. She uses an eclectic, collaborative style to point out choices and practical steps.
Sessions tend to focus on skills, mindful awareness, and clearer thinking about next steps. Starting therapy is framed as a process that often begins with a short matching step and scheduling. Marcia encourages small first steps and works with each person to find what fits their life and goals.
Marcia lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Marcia works with
The areas below are the ones Marcia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LICSW, LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Montana |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Marcia uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy as central parts of her work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce distress and improve coping. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple awareness practices to help reduce reactivity and manage stress. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills when emotions feel overwhelming. DBT offers clear, practical skills for regulating intense feelings, improving relationships, and tolerating distress without making things worse. Choosing an approach is a collaborative process - the therapist will talk with the person about goals, try techniques, and adjust what’s used based on what helps most. Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are useful for in-depth conversations and seeing nonverbal cues. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, ongoing support, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to schedule care and keep continuity across life’s demands.Start online instead of waiting
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