About Marcie
Marcie Stover Jividen connects with people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, trauma, or mood problems. She writes simply and listens closely. If you are a parent worried about behavior or mood, or an adult coping with depression or past abuse, she offers calm, focused support to help you move forward.
Marcie is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - practicing in Pennsylvania with 23 years of experience. She uses a mix of approaches to fit each person’s needs rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.
Background and approach
Conversations and simple exercises are common parts of her sessions. She often helps people process difficult memories and strong emotions. She also works with issues like ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, obsessive patterns, panic, postpartum changes, grief around adoption or abandonment, and gender dysphoria.
Practical tools for managing anger, panic, and daily stress are a routine part of her work. Her style is respectful and straightforward. She adapts language and pace to each person and focuses on small, manageable steps.
Family problems and parenting strain are discussed in ways that fit an individual’s circumstances. Marcie includes both talking and interactive methods in sessions. She explains techniques clearly and helps people practice skills between meetings.
The goal is clearer thinking, fewer overwhelming moments, and stronger coping skills that fit real life.
How these approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice thoughts without getting stuck in them and focus on actions that match their values; it can be useful for anxiety, stress, and mood concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, breaks down unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns into small parts and teaches practical skills to change them; this is often used for panic, depression, and obsessive habits. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, supports processing of traumatic memories by combining focused attention with guided stimulation to reduce the intensity of painful recollections.Finding the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit your needs, and adjust as you go. Decisions about which tools to use are made together and can shift as progress is made.
Online formats offer real flexibility. Video calls make it possible to hold fuller sessions with visual cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a work break. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between meetings or use shorter, focused check-ins when that feels more manageable. These options make regular work on goals easier to maintain around daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Hearing impaired
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English