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Marsha Vannicelli, PhD

I am a clinical psychologist based in Cambridge, MA working with individuals, couples, groups and families in the Greater Boston area, and via telehealth, throughout Massachusetts. I specialize in goal-focused work that involves active collaboration. This approach is particularly well-suited to clients at inflection points when solutions are needed and change is critical. This includes: CEOs and other leaders managing executive stress; Parents navigating the challenges of "failure-to-launch" syndrome; Individuals seeking to moderate their drinking; or Family Members dealing with a loved-one struggling with substance abuse or mental illness.. Through my warm, direct, highly interactional approach, I collaborate with clients to address behaviors that continue to cause pain. While tackling current self defeating behaviors, we attend to the ways in which the past gets replicated in the present.. As former Director of the Substance Abuse Outpatient Clinic at McLean Hospital, I have worked for more than 35 years with successful professionals who have had personal histories involving alcohol abuse, or who grew up in families where an alcohol problem took its toll. I have also helped scores of family members intervene to help a loved-one get treatment. My work as a therapist is informed by many years of clinical practice, teaching, and supervision. I have been affiliated with McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School and through my books and teaching I have helped other clinicians address their client’s issues. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION "FAILURE-TO-LAUNCH" SYNDROME: https://www.marshavannicelli.com/failure-to-launch-adult-children/ REDUCE ALCOHOL INTAKE : https //www.marshavannicelli.com/alcohol-management/moderation-training-problem-drinkers/ EXECUTIVE STRESS: https://www.marshavannicelli.com/managing-the-downside-of-success/

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Practice Overview

Licenses
  • Massachusetts-318
Areas of Expertise
  • Adult and Aging Issues
  • Anxiety
  • Career and Life Adjustments
  • Consultation to Businesses or Organizations
  • Couples Therapy
  • Family Therapy
  • Group Psychotherapy
  • Individual Psychotherapy
  • Stress
  • Substance Misuse
  • Consultation to Psychologists or Health Providers
Insurance Plans I do not accept insurance
Ages Served
  • Adults (18-64 yrs.)
  • Older adults (65 yrs. or older)
Treatment Types
  • Behavioral Therapy
  • Existential/Humanistic/Interpersonal
  • Psychodynamic Treatment

Professional Affiliations

Credentials & Memberships
  • American Group Psychotherapy Association (Fellow) American Psychological Association (Life Member ) Northeaster Society for Group Psychotherapy, (Lifetime Achievement ward) Psychodynamic Couples and Family Institute of New England

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