I specialize in goal-focused work that involves active collaboration. This approach is particularly well-suited to clients at inflection points when solutions are needed and change is critical. This includes work with parents of failure-to-launch young adults, coaching for CEO's and other stressed executives, and intervention for individuals seeking to moderate their drinking or looking to help a loved-one struggling with mental illness.
I respect each individual’s unique ways of adapting, understanding the importance of developing resilience-to-change in order to effectively cope with major life transitions. Through my warm, direct, highly interactional approach, I collaborate with clients to address behaviors that continue to cause pain. While tackling current self defeating behaviors, we attend to the ways in which the past gets replicated in the present. My books, teaching and supervision have helped 100s of other clinicians address their clients issues.
As former Director of the Substance Abuse Outpatient Clinic at McLean Hospital, I have worked for more than 35 years with successful professionals who have had personal histories involving alcohol abuse, or who grew up in families where an alcohol problem took its toll. I have also helped scores of family members intervene to help a loved-one get treatment.
Call or Email Marsha Vannicelli now for a free 15 minute consultation.
Licenses/Certifications
 Certified Group Psychotherapist (CGP)
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Certified Substance Abuse Counselor
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Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.)
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Fellow, American Group Psychotherapy Association (FAGPA)
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Licensed Clinical Psychologist (State)
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License Info
MA 318
Education
• Graduate Degree: Ph.D., Tufts University, Medford MA
• Clinical Internship: McLean Hospital, Belmont MA
• License No. and State: 318 Massachusetts
Bio
TEACHING AND TRAINING EXPERIENCE
Dr. Vannicelli is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology in the Harvard Medical School, and is on the faculty of the Mass School of Professional Psychology where she teaches doctoral candidates how to do group psychotherapy. She has trained and supervised clinical staff at many agencies in the Greater Boston area including: Family Counseling and Guidance, the Training Program of the Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy, Boston Institute for Psychotherapies, Spaulding Hospital, Minor Street Day and Evening Program (HCHP), Brighton Memorial ATP, and Boston ASAP.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Who's Who in American Professional Woman (1988); Fellow, American Group Psychotherapy Association; Advisory Board, American Academy of Health Care Specialists in the Addictive Disorders; and past tenures as Editorial Reviewer for the International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, and Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. Lifetime Achievement Award Northeast Society for Group Psychotherapy
CLINICAL POSITIONS AND NATIONAL CONSULTATION APPOINTMENT'S
Following her internship at McLean Hospital, Dr Vannicelli founded and for 20 years was the Director of the Appleton Outpatient Treatment Center at Mclean Hospital. She is currently a Clinical Associate at Mclean. She has also held positions as Consultant to: the National Academy of Sciences, the National Center of Alcohol Education, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, the National Institute of Drug Abuse, and the Mass Advisory Unit on Mental Health.
CLINICAL WRITING AND LECTURES
Dr. Vannicelli has written extensively (more than 50 professional publications) including two Guilford Press books: Group Psychotherapy with ACOA's: Treatment Techniques and Countertransference Considerations; and Removing the Roadblocks: Group Psychotherapy with Substance Abusers and Family Members. She has also lectured widely (more than 200 appearances) on TV and Nationally and internationally on topics of special interest: midlife issues, woman's issues, group psychotherapy, couples treatment, and the treatment of ACOA's and alcohol abusers. Selected titles include:
"Fifty/Fifty: The Meaning of Midlife for Women"
"How Family Members Cope and Help when Faced with Substance Abuse"
Memberships
• Life Member, American Psychological Association
• Life Member, Massachusetts Psychological Association
• Member, National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology
• Fellow and Life member American group Psychotherapy Association
• Life Member Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy
• Board Member : Academy of Health Care Specialists in the Addictions
Payments Accepted
Cash, check
Hours
Monday - Friday noon to 7:30PM
Practice Areas/Issues Treated
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Therapy
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Addiction
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Caregiver Issues
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Chronic Illness
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Couples
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Depression
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Divorce
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Grief and Loss
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Group Therapy
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Life Transitions
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Marriage & Family Therapy
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Marriage Counseling
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Pre and Postpartum Mental Health
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Relationship Issues
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Self-Esteem Issues
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Seniors and Elder Care Issues
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Stress Management
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Therapy for Business Professionals
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Women's Issues
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Work and Career Issues
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