Marcia Pontoni

Marcia Pontoni is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience. She offers a respectful, compassionate approach and helps people facing anger, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, and life changes. Marcia focuses on listening carefully and shaping a plan that fits each person’s needs and goals.

She commonly uses client-centered dialogue to help people feel heard and understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness practices are part of her toolkit to address anxiety, mood, and patterns that fuel anger or stress. Motivational interviewing and psychodynamic ideas may also appear when they suit a person’s situation.

Marcia tailors conversations and strategies to what the person brings to sessions. She aims to make steps toward change clear and manageable, whether that means trying a new coping skill, shifting a pattern, or working through loss. Her style is practical and grounded in real-life concerns.

Marcia has worked across many settings over her career and brings that experience into session planning. She helps people address issues such as addiction, intimacy-related struggles, compassion fatigue, and family of origin problems alongside the core concerns already mentioned.

Sessions are offered in English and she practices in California. To begin, clients follow the site process to match and schedule with her, then shape timing and focus together according to need.

How Marcia’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and meeting a person where they are. In practice this means the therapist reflects what a person says and helps them set clear personal goals, which works well for relationship strain, grief, and anger. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks down thoughts and behaviors into small steps to change patterns that keep problems going; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and anger management. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and ground attention in the present moment, which can help with stress and coping.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That plan can shift as progress is made so the process stays practical and responsive.

The biography does not list specific session formats beyond video and telephone being used, so please confirm current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a weekday, reduce travel time, and allow for flexible scheduling around work or caregiving. Phone sessions can be a good option when a quieter connection or less bandwidth is needed, while video sessions support visual cues and a more conversational feel. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and coping practices to work in online appointments so the work stays focused on daily life.