Nancy Marts, LCSW
Compassionate, experienced social worker for parents
Explore online therapy options- Years in practice
- 45
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Nancy
Nancy Marts is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 45 years of experience in social work and mental health care. She has worked across hospital, hospice, home health, and psychiatric settings, and brings a broad practical perspective to sessions. Parents often seek her out for help with stress, sleep problems, parenting challenges, and mood concerns.
She is based in North Carolina and conducts work in English. Her background includes work with trauma, medical and surgical patients, orthopedic recovery, and both inpatient and outpatient psychiatry.
Background and approach
That variety means she is used to sudden life changes such as illness, disability, grief, and the stress of caregiving. She describes herself as a generalist who draws on decades of hands-on experience rather than a single narrow approach. In sessions she focuses on clear, useful skills you can try between meetings.
She uses client-centered listening to understand where a person is starting from. She also incorporates cognitive behavioral strategies to change unhelpful thinking and behavioral patterns, plus mindfulness and skills from dialectical behavior therapy when emotion regulation is important. Nancy often helps people facing life transitions - job changes, medical events, changes in family roles, and the steady strain of balancing responsibilities.
She talks with clients about practical coping techniques, pacing, and ways to rebuild a sense of usefulness and identity. Her style is grounded, direct, and aimed at helping people take the next step. She invites people to explore their situation without promises of quick fixes.
The goal is to find manageable strategies to reduce distress, improve sleep and mood, and help parents feel more confident in daily challenges.
What Nancy works with
Everything Nancy lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Nancy helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Family of origin issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Post-traumatic stress
- Young adult issues
Approaches Nancy lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- 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.
Approaches that guide online support and skills work
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person's experience without judgment. It helps people feel heard and clarifies what they want to change or keep in their lives. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical exercises to shift unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and parenting stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy or DBT offers concrete skills for managing strong emotions, reducing reactive behaviors, and improving relationships, which can be useful for anger, mood swings, and stress.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the person to choose which methods fit their needs, goals, and day-to-day life. Together they adapt strategies over time so that sessions match what is actually helpful rather than following a fixed plan.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule. Video is helpful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can be used for brief check-ins or skill practice between sessions. These formats give flexibility for parents balancing appointments, caregiving, work, and other responsibilities.
Questions people ask about Nancy
What kinds of concerns does Nancy address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood issues, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, grief, sleep problems, anger, relationship and family matters, ADHD, and related life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses a client-centered approach with practical tools. Sessions often include cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and skills-based strategies to manage emotions and behavior.
What is her professional background?
She has worked since 1976 across hospice and home health, hospital trauma and surgery settings, orthopedic care, and inpatient and outpatient psychiatry, totaling 45 years of experience.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She holds an LCSW license in North Carolina and practices there, conducting sessions in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted; sessions are offered in English to clients within her permitted regions.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexible ways to connect.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are billed through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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