Marsha Edwards, LPC

Marsha Edwards is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 13 years of experience in counseling, teaching, and educational support. She frames her work around practical steps that help people manage anxiety, stress, depression, and life transitions. Her tone is direct and supportive, aimed at helping someone who feels stuck or overwhelmed find clearer footing.

Marsha blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with client-centered and mindfulness techniques. Sessions focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts, building coping skills, and practicing small changes that fit everyday life. She also uses solution-focused ideas to map short-term goals and track progress.

Her background includes work across different settings where communication problems, grief, trauma, and relationship concerns were common. That experience informs a trauma-aware approach that pays attention to safety, pacing, and what feels manageable for each person. She emphasizes listening first, then offering tools that match the client's needs.

Marsha often helps people dealing with caregiver stress, aging and geriatric issues, body image and attachment concerns, and the strain of divorce or blended family dynamics. She also addresses anger, control issues, guilt and shame, and questions about life purpose. Coaching elements are woven into therapy when clients want focused steps toward practical goals.

Sessions are intended to be collaborative and straightforward. Marsha works with clients to set clear, achievable aims and reviews progress regularly. The work is paced to each person's comfort while keeping attention on real-life results.

How Marsha’s approaches translate to online therapy

Marsha commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness techniques to help people change thinking patterns and develop coping skills. CBT focuses on identifying thoughts that keep problems going and testing small behavioral changes to see what works. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve emotional steadiness.

She treats online therapy as a collaborative process. Together the client and therapist decide which approach or mix of approaches fits the client's goals and daily life. That might mean routine CBT homework some weeks, and brief mindfulness or solution-focused sessions at other times based on progress and preference.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deep conversations and practicing techniques in real time. Phone sessions can be a good choice when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging work well for short check-ins, brief coaching, or quick skill reminders between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and keep momentum between meetings.