About Marsha
Marsha Kerr is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience helping adults navigate stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship strain, and issues related to identity and self-esteem. She prioritizes each person’s goals and listens first to understand what matters most. Her approach is collaborative and grounded in practical steps that fit daily life.
Marsha trained in clinical social work at New York University and has spent much of her career serving people facing significant life challenges.
How Marsha works
She has experience working with both underserved communities and adults seeking clearer purpose and greater day-to-day satisfaction. Her work often focuses on coping with life changes, managing mood disorders, and addressing compassion fatigue. In sessions she blends client-centered listening with evidence-based techniques such as cognitive behavioral strategies and mindfulness practices.
She also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at long-standing patterns, and solution-focused methods to identify small, achievable changes. The result is a flexible mix shaped around each person’s needs. Marsha emphasizes gratitude and mindful attention as daily skills people can use between sessions.
She talks through concrete tools for calming anxiety, improving communication, and rebuilding self-worth. Her style is warm, direct, and steady, aimed at helping people make practical progress. Marsha works from Florida and conducts sessions in English.
She does not take international clients. To begin, she helps people clarify goals and chooses techniques that match those goals and preferences.
Marsha lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
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.
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How Marsha’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s goals. The therapist creates a supportive dialogue and helps people name what they want to change, which works well for stress, relationship concerns, and finding purpose.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It uses practical exercises and short experiments to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and build coping skills that people can use between sessions.
Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention practices that calm the mind and reduce reactivity. These practices often pair well with CBT tasks and help with grief, depression, and daily stress.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the process. The therapist will work together with the client to clarify goals and try approaches that match those needs and preferences. Adjustments happen based on what helps most in real life.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat fits quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports short reflections or ongoing notes between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to continue work between appointments.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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