- Licensed inPennsylvania
- LicenseMF001103
- NPI 1669002671
- Experience8+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Marsha
Dr. Marsha Chase is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in Pennsylvania with eight years of clinical experience. She has worked in homes, residential programs, schools, and outpatient settings.
Dr. Chase often helps people who are dealing with depression, anxiety, attachment disruptions, trauma, relationship difficulties, and parenting challenges. Her work is warm and interactive.
She aims to understand each person as an individual and build a treatment plan around their needs.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals and practical coping skills that can be used between meetings. Dr. Chase integrates several approaches to fit each person's situation.
She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current patterns. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to address thinking and behavior, and client-centered methods to keep the focus on the person's experience. In sessions she emphasizes empathy, genuineness, and acceptance.
She helps people name what they need and practice ways to meet those needs. The goal is to reduce distress and strengthen everyday coping. People reach out to her for many concerns, including grief, anger, career stress, bipolar and depressive symptoms, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and complex trauma reactions.
When a person is ready to start, she works collaboratively to set a path forward and supports them as they work through changes.
Credentials
- LMFT (Pennsylvania)
- License MF001103 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1669002671 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Marsha lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Marsha names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How attachment work and skill-building translate online
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions can use discussion and exercises to identify those patterns and practice new ways of relating. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on values and taking small steps toward them while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings. ACT helps with anxiety, depression, and life transitions by building purposeful action. Client-centered therapy centers the person's experience and uses empathic listening to help people feel heard and understood, which supports long-term growth.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose which methods fit the client's goals, needs, and preferences. That choice can change over time as progress is made and new issues come up.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and work through attachment-related interactions. Phone sessions can be a good shorter check-in or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, reminders, or processing between sessions. These formats make scheduling easier and let people fit sessions around work, school, or caregiving obligations.
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Frequently asked
What issues does she commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, trauma and abuse, relationship and parenting struggles, ADHD, grief, anger, and career concerns.
What is her general approach in sessions?
Her style is caring and interactive. Sessions focus on empathy, listening, and building practical skills that help between meetings.
What experience does she bring?
She has eight years of experience working in family homes, residential settings, schools, and outpatient clinics.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT - practicing in Pennsylvania.
Which languages are used in therapy sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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