About Marjorie
Marjorie Fagan is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California. She welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and big life changes. Marjorie uses a calm, direct style to help people take practical steps and feel steadier day to day.
She frames therapy as a partnership. Sessions focus on clear goals and small, manageable changes. Marjorie offers tools to cope with addiction, relationship strain, parenting challenges, work stress, trauma and mood shifts like bipolar symptoms.
Background and approach
Marjorie draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and change patterns that keep people stuck. She blends mindfulness practices to help people notice hard emotions without being swept away. She also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at how past relationships shape present reactions, and solution-focused techniques to build concrete next steps.
With 14 years of clinical experience, Marjorie has worked in a variety of settings across Southern California. Her background includes supporting people from many cultural backgrounds and helping them find what fits their life. She describes therapy as collaborative and practical, with attention to both feelings and actions.
Marjorie aims to make therapy understandable and doable for busy lives. She helps clients set realistic goals, practice new skills between sessions, and track progress. The focus is on reducing overwhelm and increasing confidence so people can move forward.
How Marjorie Uses Approaches Online
Marjorie frequently uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT sessions often include simple exercises and homework that translate well to video or text-based formats. Mindfulness Therapy is another common tool she uses to build awareness of emotions and reduce reactivity by practicing brief, grounded exercises during or between sessions.She treats approach selection as a collaborative process. Together the therapist and client review goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked in the past to pick techniques that fit. That plan can change over time as clients try tools and report what helps most.
Online therapy offers practical advantages for people juggling busy schedules or limited mobility. Video calls let the therapist teach skills and observe reactions in real time. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow quick, ongoing check-ins and written practice of new skills between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and flexible around daily life.
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What this therapist works with
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- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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