Marcia Pontoni

Marcia Pontoni is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience. She focuses on practical support for people facing grief, relationship struggles, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. She listens with respect and aims to help people feel understood and clearer about next steps.

Marcia uses a mix of talk-based approaches. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She brings mindfulness practices to steady the mind and reduce stress. She also uses client-centered methods to shape sessions around what matters most to each person.

Her background includes long-term clinical work in California across common and complex concerns. That experience informs a straightforward style that balances short-term coping tools with deeper conversation about patterns and meaning. She writes plans with clients so progress feels measurable and relevant to daily life.

Marcia supports people dealing with major life changes such as serious illness, aging concerns, and end-of-life matters, including hospice and end-of-life counseling. She also helps with issues like codependency, communication problems, and compassion fatigue.

Sessions emphasize skills you can try between meetings, along with calm, focused discussion during appointments. Marcia encourages small experiments and real-world steps that can reduce distress and improve relationships over time.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy invites open conversation and listening. In practice this means the therapist follows each person's lead, asks questions that matter to them, and shapes sessions around the client’s priorities. It helps when someone needs a compassionate space to talk through hard choices.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on changing thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. Sessions include identifying patterns, testing new ways of thinking, and trying small behavioral experiments between meetings. This approach is often useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which methods fit best based on needs and goals. That choice can change over time as progress is reviewed and new challenges arise.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking. The therapist's biography notes experience with video and telephone work, so discuss which format will best match your routine and comfort. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. The therapist will help plan sessions that fit daily life and therapeutic goals.