About Marsha
Dr. Marsha Chase is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Pennsylvania with eight years of clinical experience.
Background and approach
She has worked in homes, residential programs, schools, and outpatient settings. Her work often addresses depression, anxiety, attachment disruptions, trauma and abuse, and parenting concerns.
Dr. Chase uses a caring, interactive style in sessions.
She aims to listen closely and treat each person with respect and empathy. Her approach is down-to-earth and personal rather than overly clinical.
She combines several therapeutic methods to suit a person's needs. That can include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and client-centered techniques.
These are applied in simple ways - like practicing new skills, noticing thoughts, and strengthening relationships. Many people come to her for help with relationship problems, grief, stress, anger, or changes at work or home.
She also supports those coping with ADHD, bipolar challenges, dissociation, and other complex mood or attachment issues. Dr.
Chase pays attention to how past wounds affect present behavior. Sessions focus on practical steps and on understanding what matters most to the client.
She works collaboratively to set goals and build skills that fit daily life. The aim is to help people feel more capable, connected, and able to handle future stressors.
When someone is ready to begin, she offers a steady presence and guided support. The tone is hopeful and focused on small, achievable progress rather than quick fixes.
Practical therapy approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting and changing patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going, and it often includes homework to practice new skills between sessions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current connections and helps people build healthier ways of relating to others.Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, history, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online formats offer flexible ways to receive care. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and learning new skills with visual cues. Phone sessions can fit short breaks or lower bandwidth situations. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick check-ins, ongoing encouragement, or when writing feels easier than talking. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and maintain continuity if schedules change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- 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
- Grief
- 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
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- 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
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English