About Marcy
Marcy King, LCSW, helps people in New Jersey who are dealing with anxiety, stress, life transitions, and relationship strain. She writes short, direct goals with each person and focuses on building a respectful connection first. Marcy has 14 years of social work experience across community mental health, schools, and independent practice.
Marcy centers the relationship as the starting point for change. She aims to create sessions where people feel heard and able to speak honestly.
Background and approach
That trusting connection is used to explore what is getting in the way and to try new ways of coping. Her work is practical and tailored. Marcy blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - which looks at thoughts and behaviors - with Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and attachment-informed ideas about relationships.
She also draws on a client-centered stance that follows each person’s pace and priorities. Typical concerns she helps with include anxiety, depression, ADHD, obsessive-compulsive struggles, panic, social anxiety, parenting and family problems, anger, and career stress. She also supports people wrestling with life purpose, isolation, and transitions into young adulthood.
Sessions focus on clear skills, communication practice, and understanding patterns that repeat in relationships. Marcy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, practice coping strategies, and make step-by-step plans that fit their daily life.
How Marcy’s Approaches Work Online
Marcy draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice patterns between thoughts, feelings, and actions and to try small behavior changes that reduce anxiety and distress. She also uses Attachment-Based ideas to look at how early relationship patterns show up now and to practice clearer communication and connection in close relationships. Mindfulness techniques are used to help people stay present, manage intense emotions, and reduce reactivity.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Marcy will talk with each person about their goals, strengths, and preferences and then try methods that feel right. She adjusts tools as progress is made so sessions match what is helpful at the time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which let people fit therapy into busy schedules. Video is useful for longer work and practicing skills in real time, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for quick check-ins, and messaging supports brief reflections between sessions. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around school, work, or family life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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