Marcel Payne
Practical, values-based therapy for real-life problems
- Credentials
- LCSW, CSW
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed in
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Marcel
Marcel Payne is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on practical, goal-oriented therapy. He uses straightforward methods to help people manage addiction, relationship tension, stress, anxiety, and life transitions. Marcel works from Georgia and provides sessions in English.
He draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy are part of his toolkit when clients want clearer next steps.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to focus on real-world change rather than theory. Marcel has three years of experience as a licensed clinician. He has worked with people facing process addictions and substance use, as well as those coping with chronic pain, illness, or disability.
He also addresses communication problems, guilt and shame, and intimacy-related concerns. In a session Marcel helps clients set concrete goals and practice new skills. He talks through patterns that keep problems repeating and offers small experiments to try between meetings.
Progress is measured by what feels different in day-to-day life. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions through the site. Therapy is delivered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How Marcel’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values even when hard emotions appear. It’s useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions where motivation or direction feels unclear. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying different behaviors to see what changes. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and coping with ongoing stress or pain. Motivational Interviewing supports people who are ambivalent about change by highlighting strengths and encouraging commitment to a plan. This approach pairs well with work on addiction or behavior change. Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences, and day-to-day realities to decide which methods to try. Clients can expect clear options and regular check-ins to see what is helping. Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and a more traditional session feel. Phone, live chat, and text-based messaging can fit into busy schedules or provide a lower-pressure way to connect between appointments. These formats make it easier to get consistent support without traveling.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Stress, Anxiety
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Marcel
- Takes a few minutes
- Nothing to set up just to look
- Stop at any point