About Marcy
Dr. Marcy Shoemaker uses a collaborative, goal-focused approach to help people manage stress and life changes. She is a Pennsylvania psychologist with 15 years of experience.
Dr. Shoemaker meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps they can try between sessions. Her work commonly addresses anxiety, depression, grief, and addictions.
She also supports people dealing with relationship and intimacy-related issues, family concerns, and LGBT-related stress. Sessions begin by reviewing the client's goals so a clear plan can be mapped out together.
How Marcy works
Dr. Shoemaker favors straightforward methods that help people find new ways to handle old problems. She emphasizes motivation and progress so sessions feel useful and focused.
Clients often leave a session with at least one concrete idea to try before the next meeting. Over the years she has combined her clinical experience with an emphasis on coping skills and short-term strategies. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, where thoughts and behaviors are linked to feelings, is a common element of her sessions.
This approach supports work on self-esteem, coping with life transitions, and managing trauma-related symptoms. She offers a practical, supportive style rather than long abstract talk. The first visit sets goals and expectations so follow-up sessions can track change.
Dr. Shoemaker works in English and sees clients from Pennsylvania and beyond.
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What Marcy works with
The areas below are the ones Marcy selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
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Training and background
| Register | PA Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Pennsylvania |
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Online support options
How CBT and online sessions work together
Dr. Shoemaker often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) during online work. CBT helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors to change how they feel. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and coping with life transitions.The choice of approach is a collaborative process. She will review your goals in the first session and together you will decide which methods fit your needs and preferences. The plan can change over time based on what helps you make progress.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people exchange messages between sessions and can fit into busy schedules.
These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, school, or family obligations. The therapist and client can pick the format that best supports the work on goals and exercises between sessions.
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