About Cynthia
Cynthia Marcolina is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania who focuses on anxiety, stress, and self-esteem. She keeps sessions calm and collaborative. Her style is gentle and practical, aiming to make therapy feel manageable right away.
She brings 35 years of experience in a wide range of mental health settings. That background underpins a toolkit that mixes client-centered listening with cognitive-behavioral and existential ideas. Cynthia often combines mindfulness and motivational techniques to help people notice patterns and try new choices.
Background and approach
In sessions she uses simple, hands-on tools. She suggests reading, short paper-and-pencil exercises, and creative tasks to help people process feelings. The work often centers on improving self-talk, building self-esteem, and learning ways to soothe anxiety with or without medication.
Cynthia emphasizes the present moment and practical steps. She encourages focusing on what can be controlled and taking manageable actions. She also helps people sort through grief, relationship strain, work stress, and life transitions.
Her approach is collaborative rather than directive. People who prefer an open conversation, clear strategies, and chances to try small experiments often find this helpful. Cynthia aims to make therapy feel like a steady, supportive place to work through problems and regain balance.
Approach to online therapy and practical methods
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person without judgment. It helps people feel heard and decide what goals matter most to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and uses small experiments and skills to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to calm the body and notice thoughts without getting swept away by them.Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together they will try methods that fit the person’s needs and adjust as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls work well for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can fit into busy days and let people share between scheduled sessions. These options make it simpler to maintain regular work on anxiety, self-esteem, and life transitions without long commutes.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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