About Marcia
Marcia Peetz is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma, and relationship struggles. She offers straightforward, compassionate care aimed at making daily life feel more manageable. Marcia works with each person at their own pace and centers conversations on what matters most to them.
She brings five years of clinical experience in Missouri and uses practical, evidence-based methods to guide sessions. Marcia blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with a client-centered stance to help people notice thoughts, try new behaviors, and reconnect with values.
Background and approach
Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and attachment-focused ideas are also part of her toolbox when they fit a person’s needs. Sessions often include talking through recent events, learning simple coping skills, and practicing new ways to handle hard emotions. She also supports people who want to integrate spiritual or faith-based perspectives into therapy.
The focus is on clear goals, small steps, and steady progress rather than quick fixes. Marcia pays attention to relationship patterns, communication problems, abandonment issues, and struggles with self-image or codependency. She also addresses complex situations like chronic pain, dissociation, or the aftereffects of abuse in ways that honor a person’s pace and choices.
People who choose her can expect a calm, respectful space to work through difficult moments and try things that lead to more ease in daily life.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, invites people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that match their values. It can help when anxiety, depression, or avoidance get in the way of living the life someone wants. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like worry or low mood. It is often used for stress, anxiety, and depression. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns influence current connections and communication. This approach can help people address trust, closeness, and recurring conflict.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through goals, try different strategies, and adjust plans based on what feels most helpful. Clients and the therapist work together to decide which methods fit the person's needs, values, and pace.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to keep up regular check-ins, send brief updates, or get support between longer meetings. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace 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)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English