Professional Licensure & Affiliations
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LICSW);
---State of Vermont #089-0000658
Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor (LADC);
--- State of Vermont #103704
Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC);
---State of Vermont #000372
Qualified Substance Abuse Professional (Q-SAP);
---National Qualification #: 10963
National Association of Social Workers (NASW), Member National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC), Member

Specialties

• Attention Deficit Disorder / Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) (Adult & Child)
• Comprehensive Alcohol and Drug Screening, Assessment and Counseling
• Individual Psychotherapy – Family / Adolescent / Children
• Oppositional Defiant Children
• Relationship Issues 
• Parenting Issues
• Stress Reduction /Anxiety / Depression – Grief / Loss, Adjustment Problems
• Anger Management
• Organizational Consulting 

Experience
Marc is interested in helping clients gain a better understanding of their relationship with themselves and to others within their lives.  He believes that human connection is essential for people as well as living with honesty and balance.  Through compassionate humor and straightforward dialogue, Marc strives to help clients review the thought process involved with their everyday decisions and behaviors.  From there, he works with clients to develop harmony between their behaviors, values and feelings and their identified inner needs, goals and sense of self. 

Marc has been a therapist in private practice since 1998.  As a Qualified Substance Abuse Professional (Q-SAP) he conducts formal Department of Transportation (DOT) evaluations.  He also consults with organizations focusing on client and management education and strategies intended to reduce the incidence, risk and development of substance abuse within the workplace.

Most insurances and EAP ’s accepted.

Marc abides by the NASW Code of Ethics.

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Education

• Masters in Clinical Social Work with Individuals and Families (1994), Boston University Graduate School of Social Work, Boston, MA                          
• Bachelor of Science – Dual Degree in Psychology and Business (1991), Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY

Personal Statement/Philosophy
Counseling by its' very nature can help foster a greater sense of self and mutual understanding with those around us further providing opportunities for mutual empowerment.  By increasing our self-understanding, we ultimately increase our sense of how to relate to others.  And yet, our self-concept is also intricately influenced by the quality of our empathic connection with others.  In this relatedness to each other, we periodically encounter conflicts and challenges throughout the life cycle that propel us toward growth, coping and adaptation.  As we encounter “roadblocks” in addressing these conflicts, we may not even recognize WHAT they are or WHY they are present.  Let's face it!  We all can kinda get stuck sometimes.  Sometimes we realize it - and sometimes, we don't.
Alas the decision to enter counseling can be a positive commitment forward, toward getting "unstuck", and toward acquiring increased understanding of these barriers to our growth.  The complexities of human nature are such that problems sometimes require that people get help help opening up the "paths" available that may seem fuzzy or hidden.  Coming here can be viewed almost as a process of “focusing that lens” on your world. This process inevitably will involve making changes in ones' thinking and doing.

In my role as therapist, I take the opportunity to consult with clients as the experts of their own lives, of how they think and how they do.  I view the work that we do together as a series of healing conversations whereby we engage in a journey through the process of dialogue, storytelling and exploration which enable us as a team to look for the “answers” together.  As therapist and client, our mutually motivated and active participation in this process is essential to its level of success.  This means coming to our meetings prepared - coming with questions or goals, or simply a basic willingness to explore your story.  This process can be messy sometimes, may involve frustration, pressure, and challenge and above all requires patience.  But from it, my hope is that my discussions with clients will allow for richer descriptions, more dynamic explorations of their purpose and improved opportunities for wider options of their being.