Marsha (Marcie) Eriksen Hanna, LCSW

Marsha (Marcie) Eriksen Hanna is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 21 years of experience supporting adults and families through a wide range of life challenges. She draws on strengths-based, solution-focused, and cognitive behavioral approaches to help people build on existing resources, develop practical tools, and move toward greater well-being and satisfaction.

She holds a Master of Social Work from San Diego State University and completed an Intergenerational Specialist certificate program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work. Her LCSW credential indicates advanced clinical training and licensure to provide psychotherapy in California.

Marsha has worked extensively with depression, stress and anxiety, relationship and family conflicts, grief and loss, parenting concerns, self-esteem and motivation, career difficulties, compassion fatigue, memory loss, and other challenges that accompany life transitions. Additional focus areas include aging and geriatric issues, caregiver stress, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and isolation or loneliness.

Her counseling style is described by her training and practice as compassionate, warm, genuine, direct, and respectful. She offers a nonjudgmental, encouraging space and combines empathic listening with practical, evidence-informed strategies that are tailored to each person’s unique needs and life path. She is committed to helping clients identify and enhance their strengths as they work toward meaningful change.