Nancy Marts
Experienced LCSW guiding life transitions
LCSW North Carolina
- Experience
- 45 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Nancy
Nancy Marts is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 45 years of experience working across medical, psychiatric, and community settings.
Background and approach
Her career began in 1976 with programs for youth involved in the juvenile justice system, and over the decades she has supported people as a hospital-based trauma and surgical social worker, a home health and hospice practitioner, and as an inpatient and outpatient psychiatric social worker. That breadth of experience informs her generalist approach and practical problem-solving style.
She helps clients navigate major life transitions and the emotional fallout that can follow unexpected changes, such as shifts in health, identity, or family roles.
Her work often focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression and bipolar concerns, grief, relationship and family issues, parenting challenges, sleep and anger problems, ADHD, and concerns related to gender and sexual identity. Nancy emphasizes collaborative exploration and skill-building so clients can find clearer direction and regain a sense of purpose.
Her practice in North Carolina blends clinical knowledge with down-to-earth support to help people take gradual, manageable steps forward.
Practical therapy approaches for online care
Nancy often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy to help people make concrete changes and to build a supportive, collaborative relationship. CBT focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression, and sleep disruption. Client-centered work emphasizes empathic listening and meeting clients where they are so they can explore values, identity, and coping strategies at their own pace.She also uses elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are important, offering straightforward skills for handling strong feelings and improving interpersonal effectiveness. Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and she works together with clients to determine which methods best match their goals, preferences, and life circumstances. This collaborative process helps tailor treatment to each person's needs.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for people managing busy schedules, mobility limits, caregiving responsibilities, or geographic constraints. These options make it easier to maintain regular contact and to practice skills between sessions, while keeping the focus on practical support and steady progress.
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Experience
45+ years
Licensed
North Carolina
Languages
English