Licensed to practice in New Jersey and accepts 39 insurances. Specializes in Anxiety, Depression, Family Conflict and 9 more.
Marion Bergman
(she/her)
With over 40 years' simultaneous experience as a therapist and social worker, I offer practice knowledge combined with working-class life experience. Your change goals will guide our work together. My job is to suggest different choices in the way you think and act in the areas of your life where you are experiencing discomfort. My style is a very warm yet direct one: Once you are comfortable with me, I won't hesitate to point-out ways in which you might unknowingly self sabotage or contribute to your stated problems. There will be alternatives suggested, and you are free to try-on new behavior patterns that align with your values and lifestyle. Change can be scary; it can also greatly improve your life's quality. For most of my career, I've offered counseling in-person while simultaneously working in social work, where I provided more concrete services. Now that I've made the decision to work from home and only part-time, I'm excited to solely focus on offering therapy services fully online.
Get to know me
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
Our first session will be an opportunity for you, the client, to evaluate your ability to "open up" to me. As therapist, I will find out what issue(s) brought you to counseling; and what your behavior change goals might be at this starting point. And there needs to be some history-taking, so that I can begin to understand some of the challenges that define your life.
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
My guiding framework is the individual within the context of every type of relationship they have, including intimate, professional and social. I strive to help you fully examine what's not working well for you; then, your change goals will guide our work together. I have been "in the trenches" myself, dealing with the behavioral health system as a consumer; and I appreciate the difficulties both an individual and their families face dealing with these challenges, and finding good, responsive care. As a therapist, I've been blessed that so many women who have had extensive trauma have opened up to me rather quickly. Finally, I have been told that I come across as "maternal" in a good, warm and nurturing way-- that makes me smile!
The clients I'm best positioned to serve
My vast experience includes work with cis-gendered females and males, members of the LGTQA community, couples who may not have the same vision for their relationship, situations of pending or actual family/parent estrangement. As a single mother of a child, now adult, who has ADD and mild autism, I'd love to share my practical insights on parent coping strategies. I'm also newly trained in recognizing what is a gambling addiction, now that online betting is everywhere; and how to address this in a family systems manner.
Specialties
Top specialties
Anxiety
Depression
Family Conflict
Other specialties
ADHD
Coping Skills
Foster Care/Adoption
Grief
LGBTQ
Life Transitions
Peer Relationships
Self Esteem
Women's Issues
I identify as
Woman
Serves ages
Adults (18 to 64)
Elders (65 and above)
Licensed in
New Jersey
Accepts
Aetna
Aetna - ASR Health Benefits
Aetna - Allied Benefits
Aetna - Luminare
Aetna - Moda
Aetna - WebTPA
Aetna – HealthEZ
All Savers
Amerihealth Administrators
Arlo
AvMed
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Horizon
Braven Health - Medicare
Cash - $100 per session
Centivo
Cigna
Cigna - HealthEZ
EAP:UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Evernorth
GTEB
Golden Rule
Harvard Pilgrim/UnitedHealthcare
Horizon - Medicare
Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare
Independence Administrators
Independence Blue Cross
Amerihealth
UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Optum
OptumHealth Complex Medical Conditions
Oscar
Oxford
Surest (formerly Bind)
Tufts Health/Cigna
United Medical Resources
UnitedHealthcare Life Insurance
UnitedHealthcare Shared Services
UnitedHealthcare StudentResources
Location
Virtual
My treatment methods
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I strive to help you fully examine what's not working well for you: Then, your change goals will guide our work together. My job is to suggest different choices for the way you think about, and act, in areas of your life where you are experiencing discomfort. My guiding framework is the individual within the context of every type of relationship you have, including intimate, professional and social. My style is a very warm yet direct one.
Couples Counseling
Couples experiencing communications challenges, differences in methods of discipline of children or handling of finances, etc, find that I provide concrete steps to partnering and parenting more effectively. Additionally, I have helped couples who are separating negotiate the intricacies of co-parenting while separated/divorced.
Psychoeducation
Parent education helps bring fresh approaches to parenting challenges and may help prevent constant discipline problems and family chaos. I can help you with some behavior management strategies you may not have thought of yourself! I also educate extensively on communication methodology to improve couples' problematic communication styles. Referrals for evaluations for ADHD, autism, TMS, medication management, where desired, are area where I typically can be of help to my clients.
7 ratings with written reviews
November 26, 2025
Provider is knowledgeable, skilled and open minded with much clinical experience and strong assessment skills and ability to counsel, advise and direct towards developing meaningful goals.
Verified client, age 65+
September 12, 2025
This was my first session with Marion and I feel comfortable with her. I am looking forward to future sessions.
Verified client, age 35-44
May 29, 2025
Marion Bergman is an insightful and skilled therapist. I find her observations to be clarifying and thought-provoking. Her manner of listening and giving feedback is attentive, loving, and direct. I appreciate her informal style and that she is not afraid to give her honest opinion. Great sense of humor too!