About Marcie
Marcie Koenig is a licensed clinician in Maryland who focuses on helping people cope with stress and anxiety. She talks plainly and creates space for clients to share their thoughts and feelings without judgment. Marcie encourages small, practical steps so people can start feeling steadier sooner.
With a medical degree (MD) and a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical (LCSW-C) credential, Marcie brings a combined background in health and social work to her sessions.
Background and approach
She draws on ten years of direct clinical experience to address grief, depression, compassion fatigue, and life transitions. Her work often includes support for people facing aging and geriatric concerns, chronic illness or pain, and end-of-life and hospice issues. Sessions focus on clear goals and useful strategies.
Conversations may cover coping skills, communication problems, rebuilding self-esteem, and managing workplace stress. The approach is practical and paced to each person’s comfort level rather than rushed or overly technical. Marcie also helps people deal with loneliness, feelings of emptiness, guilt and shame, and questions about life purpose and midlife change.
She offers guidance around relationships and family dynamics while keeping the focus on the individual’s needs. Her style is steady and compassionate, aimed at reducing overwhelm and promoting clearer choices. People meet with Marcie by phone, video calls, live chat, or text messaging.
She speaks English and practices in Maryland. Starting therapy begins with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session that fits the client’s timing and goals.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Many clients gain relief from practical, evidence-based techniques that focus on reducing worry and improving daily functioning. One common approach teaches skills for identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and then testing those thoughts with real-world experiments. This style helps with anxiety, stress, and mood patterns by making thoughts and behaviors easier to change.Another helpful method emphasizes building coping skills and activity plans to counter low mood and isolation. It focuses on small, achievable steps to increase pleasure and connection, which can be useful for depression, loneliness, and life changes related to aging or illness.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then try methods that fit those needs. Adjustments are made over time so techniques match what actually helps.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video is useful for longer sessions and face-to-face conversation, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can suit quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care while fitting therapy into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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