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Marsha Rimler, LCSW

  • Experience20 years
  • LocationNew York
  • Focus areasADHD, Relationship, and Self esteem
  • Therapy approachesAttachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Marsha

Marsha Rimler is a New York licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with two decades of experience supporting people through relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, depression, and major life transitions.

Background and approach

She frames clients as the experts in their own lives and draws on their existing strengths to address challenges such as motivation, confidence, grief, trauma, and ADHD-related concerns. Her practice also addresses a wide range of related issues including intimacy, anger, workplace stress, and caregiving burdens.

Rimler blends evidence-informed methods with a warm, client-centered stance that helps individuals explore personal meaning and practical change. She uses attachment-informed perspectives to understand patterns in relationships and cognitive-behavioral strategies to identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior.

Throughout the work she emphasizes collaboration, validating each person’s experience while offering tools to manage symptoms and navigate transitions. Prospective clients in New York who want a thoughtful, strengths-based approach will find clear options for beginning therapy and scheduling sessions to fit their needs.

How Marsha’s Approaches Work Online

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationship patterns shape emotions and behavior; online sessions using this lens explore connection, trust, and patterns that influence closeness and communication. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) emphasizes identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors; in virtual work this translates into practical exercises, thought records, and skills to reduce symptoms like low mood or anxiety.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist collaborates with each client to determine which methods best match their goals, needs, and preferences, and adjusts techniques as progress unfolds. This collaborative stance helps tailor the plan so clients feel involved in deciding what tools to use and when.

Offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging provides flexibility for different schedules and communication styles. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity during life transitions, practice skills between sessions, and access support without commuting. Licensed professionals adapt interventions to work well across these channels while helping clients set realistic plans for progress.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Marsha address?
She works with relationship problems, self-esteem and confidence issues, depression, coping with life changes, grief, trauma and abuse, and ADHD among other areas of focus.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is collaborative and client-centered, emphasizing strengths and the client’s expertise in their own story while using practical techniques to support change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 20 years of professional experience working in clinical settings and with diverse presenting problems.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an LCSW licensed in New York with license number NY LCSW 073112 and practices from New York.
Are sessions available in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are provided in English, and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats are offered?
Clients may meet through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on their preference and scheduling.
How does pricing and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are offered through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesSelf esteemCareer difficultiesDepressionCoping with life changes

Also works with

LGBTFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Aging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesCaregiver issues and stressFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMood disordersPost-traumatic stressSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Experience

20+ years

Licensed

New York

Languages

English

What Marsha can help with

Marsha Rimler works with clients on relationship issues, self esteem, career difficulties, depression, and coping with life changes.

Marsha works with clients with relationship issues, motivation, self esteem, and confidence.

How Marsha approaches therapy

Marsha's clinical approaches include Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).

Experience and training

Marsha is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in New York, with 20 years of clinical experience.