- Years in practice
- 8
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Marsha
Dr. Marsha Chase is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in Pennsylvania with eight years of clinical experience. She has worked in homes, residential programs, schools, and outpatient settings.
Parents often find her approachable when they bring concerns about stress, anxiety, depression, grief, or parenting strain. She focuses on attachment disruptions and healing from trauma and abuse. She also supports people dealing with ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, anger, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
Her background includes work with adoption and foster care issues and caregiver stress. Her style is warm and interactive. She practices with empathy, honesty, and a core belief in treating each person without judgment.
Sessions aim to be practical and tailored rather than one-size-fits-all. Therapy sessions blend humanistic, client-centered work with cognitive-behavioral tools and other evidence-informed methods. That means she listens to understand your goals, then helps you try strategies that fit your life.
Parents who want clear tools and steady support often prefer this balanced approach. Her goal is to help people manage current struggles and build skills for future challenges. She works with clients to identify needs, set realistic steps, and practice new ways of coping.
When someone is ready to begin, she offers guided support through that process.
What Marsha works with
Everything Marsha lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Marsha helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Marsha lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches shape online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on values-based action, which can be useful for stress, anxiety, and parenting challenges. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, often used for depression, anxiety, and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how they affect current bonds, which can guide work on attachment disruptions and relationship concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each client to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and adjust strategies as needed. That means trying techniques, checking what helps, and shifting focus when something isn’t working.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat or text messaging support shorter check-ins and ongoing contact between full sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family schedules while using approaches that match personal needs.
Questions people ask about Marsha
What kinds of concerns does Dr. Chase address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, relationship concerns, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and related challenges listed in her specialties.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is caring and interactive, emphasizing empathy, genuineness, and unconditional positive regard while using practical strategies to meet client goals.
How much experience does she have?
She has eight years of clinical experience working across homes, residential settings, schools, and outpatient clinics.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT - practicing in Pennsylvania.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available online?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for online work.
How are fees and getting started handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time; to begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on availability.
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