Marcella Krance, LCSW

Marcella Krance is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Pennsylvania with 20 years of experience supporting children, individuals, and families. As an LCSW she is trained to provide clinical social work services, and over two decades she has worked extensively in medical settings helping clients cope with grief, the impact of medical diagnoses, and parenting challenges.

She has particular experience working with families affected by cancer and with children and parents in hospital and outpatient contexts. Her practice addresses a range of concerns including grief, parenting, LGBT issues, family conflict, trauma and abuse, depression, and navigating life transitions. Additional areas of focus include adoption and foster care, fertility and pregnancy concerns, caregiver stress, domestic violence, and first responder issues.

Marcella’s approach is client-centered, strength-based, and solution-focused. She works from the belief that each person is the expert on their own life and seeks to create a respectful, supportive, and positive therapy experience. Recognizing that taking the first step can be difficult, she aims to meet clients with compassion and to collaborate on practical ways to move forward.

Client-Centered Approaches and Online Support

Marcella Krance practices client-centered therapy, which prioritizes the client’s perspective and encourages exploration at a comfortable pace; this approach is often helpful for grief, family concerns, and parenting challenges because it focuses on understanding each person’s experience. She also uses strength-based techniques that identify a client’s existing resources and skills to build resilience and address issues like depression, caregiver stress, or coping with life changes. In addition, her solution-focused orientation emphasizes practical goals and short-term strategies to help clients make concrete progress on specific problems.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work together. Marcella collaborates with clients to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as therapy progresses to ensure a good match.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect with licensed professionals, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, family, medical appointments, or other commitments, and they allow clients to access consistent care from where they are located.