About Marsha
Marsha (Marcie) Eriksen Hanna is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who supports adults facing grief, stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. She focuses on practical steps that help people feel steadier and more able to cope. Her style is warm, direct, and respectful, aimed at building on what already works in a person’s life.
She draws on a strengths-based outlook to highlight clients' existing resources. Marcie uses solution-focused conversations to set clear, achievable goals.
How Marsha works
She also incorporates cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking patterns. Marcie has 21 years of experience working in California settings with adults around relationship concerns, parenting challenges, career difficulties, compassion fatigue, and caregiver stress.
Her background includes a Master’s in Social Work from San Diego State University and an intergenerational specialist certificate from the University of Pittsburgh’s graduate school of social work. She is licensed in California as an LCSW. In sessions she listens actively and offers practical strategies you can try between meetings.
Expect straightforward feedback, encouragement, and tools you can use day to day. The work is collaborative and paced to the client’s needs. People often seek her help when they face loss, isolation, or the strain of caregiving and hospice-related concerns.
She combines attention to emotional healing with concrete steps for navigating roles, relationships, and life transitions.
What Marsha works with
The areas below are the ones Marsha selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Stress, Anxiety
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 21 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Practical approaches for online counseling and support
Marcie uses a strengths-based approach that helps people identify what is working in their lives and build on those strengths to face stress and change. This method is useful when someone feels stuck and needs practical ways to move forward.She also uses solution-focused techniques that concentrate on specific, short-term goals and steps. These conversations are action-oriented and often produce clear tasks to try between sessions. Additionally she draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to help clients notice patterns of thought that increase anxiety or low mood and replace them with more helpful habits.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Marcie works with each person to match methods to their needs, goals, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts strategies if something isn’t helping.
Online sessions can fit a busy schedule and different life demands. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when tone and visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option or easier on days when being on camera feels difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, quick coaching, or when writing out thoughts helps clarify feelings.
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