- CBT and humanistic methods
- Music and expressive therapy
- Caregiver and aging issues
About Marsha
Marsha Johnson is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Massachusetts with 15 years of clinical experience. She works with adults who face stress, anxiety, grief, depression, anger, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and challenges like ADHD and compassion fatigue. Marsha also supports people dealing with parenting strain, sleep and eating concerns, and career or financial stress.
She trained originally as a music therapist and holds a Neurologic Music Therapy specialization, and she has worked in hospitals, nursing homes, day programs, schools, senior centers, and inpatient units. More recently she provided hospice music therapy services. Those settings shaped her practical approach to supporting people through difficult life moments.
In sessions she combines cognitive-behavioral methods, humanistic ideas, motivational enhancement, and expressive therapies such as music-based work. That mix is used to identify unhelpful patterns, build skills to manage strong feelings, and try out new ways of responding. She focuses on concrete strategies people can use between sessions.
Marsha emphasizes working from a person’s strengths when creating a plan. She talks through coping tools, communication approaches, and short exercises that people can practice at home. Her background with aging, hospice, chronic illness, and developmental disability services informs how she supports clients facing caregiving or health-related stress.
Sessions are offered in English in Massachusetts. Prospective clients are asked to use the site’s matching questionnaire and scheduling flow to set up an initial meeting and to confirm the session formats they prefer.
How her approaches translate to online work
Marsha uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to help identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and to teach concrete skills for managing anger and anxiety. Those methods focus on short exercises, thought records, and behavior experiments that translate well to remote sessions.She also draws on humanistic approaches that center on listening and on motivational enhancement to help people find internal reasons to change. Expressive techniques, including music-based activities, are used when helpful to access feelings and practice new responses in real time.
Finding the best approach is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to pick techniques that match their goals, lifestyle, and what feels useful in sessions. That means trying methods, checking what helps, and adapting the plan together.
The practical benefit of online work is fitting sessions into a day without extra travel. Confirm which session formats are offered before booking since the biography does not specify formats. Online sessions can make it easier to schedule brief check-ins, practice skills between tasks, or work from quieter surroundings with less commute time.
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Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Massachusetts
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of anger-related problems does she address?
She works with people who struggle with losing their temper, building resentment, workplace frustration, and living with someone else’s anger. Anger is listed among her specialty concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style mixes cognitive-behavioral approaches with humanistic and motivational enhancement techniques plus expressive work like music therapy. The focus is on practical skills and addressing stressful situations.
What is her clinical background and experience?
She has 15 years as an LMHC and a long career in music therapy settings dating back to 1995, including hospitals, nursing homes, schools, and hospice work.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practices in Massachusetts and holds the credential MA LMHC, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor designation.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions arranged and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Use the site flow to see pricing details tied to your region.
What steps should I take to begin working together?
Use the See online therapy options button, fill out the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the site’s booking tools.