Marci Sturgeon-Rusiewicz, LPC

Marci Sturgeon-Rusiewicz is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 15 years of experience. She focuses on practical help for people feeling stressed, anxious, or low in confidence. Marci aims to make sessions straightforward and usable for everyday life.

She helps people work through relationship tensions and family conflict in a calm, nonjudgmental setting. Common goals include reducing anxiety, lifting mood, and building steadier self-esteem. Marci also supports people dealing with long-term health challenges such as chronic pain, illness, or cancer-related stress.

Her background includes work in community behavioral health, college counseling centers, and private practice. That mix gives experience with a wide variety of concerns and life stages. She draws on well-established methods to offer concrete tools and clear steps clients can try between sessions.

Marci uses approaches based on evidence to address patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going. Sessions typically involve learning practical skills, practicing new ways of coping, and discussing what changes are working. She aims to make the work collaborative and focused on goals the person cares about.

People who choose Marci often want straightforward strategies to manage anxiety, stress, relationship strain, and the emotional effects of health issues. She welcomes conversations about next steps and will help identify what direction might fit each person best.

How evidence-based approaches work in online therapy

Marci uses evidence-based techniques that focus on changing unhelpful thoughts and building coping skills. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify and shift thought patterns that contribute to anxiety or depression, and teaches practical tools for daily use. Dialectical Therapy emphasizes emotion regulation and distress tolerance, offering strategies for managing intense feelings and improving interpersonal effectiveness.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Marci will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, needs, and preferences. She adapts methods over time based on what is helping and what isn't, so therapy stays useful and goal-oriented.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow people to connect from locations that are convenient for them. It also lets therapists and clients focus session time on skill practice and problem solving, which can be helpful when juggling health concerns or caregiving responsibilities.