Cynthia Marcolina, LPC

Cynthia Marcolina, LPC, offers a calm, collaborative counseling style aimed at helping people through major life shifts and emotional strain. She brings 35 years of experience and a gentle manner to conversations about stress, anxiety, depression, midlife crises, and related concerns. Sessions focus on improving self-talk, building self-esteem, and developing practical ways to reduce anxiety and cope with change.

Her approach blends client-centered listening with cognitive-behavioral tools and existential reflection. Mindfulness exercises and motivational interviewing techniques are used when helpful. She often suggests short writing or pencil-and-paper tasks and sometimes recommends books to support work between sessions.

Cynthia encourages people to draw on creative strengths during hard times, using art or simple creative practices to shift perspective and resourcefulness. She emphasizes present-moment steps that are manageable, and concentrates on areas people can control to regain a sense of agency.

Her stated goals include helping people self-soothe with or without medication and giving them concrete skills to manage mood and behavior. She frames the therapeutic relationship as a partnership, with the person’s own values and goals guiding the work. Her touchstones include staying present and tackling problems actively rather than letting them linger.

Based in Pennsylvania, Cynthia holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential, LPC. Sessions are conducted in English and are intended to be practical, straightforward, and paced to each person’s needs.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what matters most to a person. It helps people feel heard and clarify their own values and goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical exercises to shift them, which can help with anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. That means trying exercises, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan based on what the person prefers and responds to.

This profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to attend sessions around work, caregiving, or travel. It can also allow shorter check-ins when that suits a busy day, reduce travel time, and let people use therapeutic tools between sessions, like mindfulness practices or pencil-and-paper exercises recommended by the therapist. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and goals to fit a person’s everyday schedule so therapy feels manageable and relevant.