Marion B Houghton, EdS, LMFT

About

Marriage & Family Therapist in South Orange, NJ. Works with Relationship Issues, Mood Disorders and Anxiety. Sees clients online only. Takes Aetna, Cigna, United Healthcare and other plans. Accepting new clients.

Areas of expertise

• Relationship Issues
• Anxiety
• Anger Management
• Coping Skills
• Depression
• Family Conflict
• Grief
• Life Transitions
• Self Esteem
• Stress Management
• Trauma and PTSD

Types of therapy

• Attachment-basedLooks at early bonds with caregivers and how they shape relationships and emotions now, and works toward a greater sense of safety and connection.
• Clinical Supervision and Licensed SupervisorsNot a therapy for clients: this therapist supervises other clinicians, for example those working toward their license.
• Culturally SensitiveTakes a person's culture, identity, background and values into account, and shapes the work so it fits their life.
• InterpersonalA structured, time-limited therapy focused on relationships and life events, such as conflict, loss or big role changes, and how they affect mood.
• MulticulturalRecognizes how culture, race, ethnicity and other identities shape experience, and makes them part of the work.
• PsychoanalyticThe tradition that began with Freud. Explores unconscious thoughts and feelings, often through free association, sometimes with several sessions a week.
• PsychodynamicExplores how past experiences, relationships and feelings outside awareness shape how a person thinks and acts today.
• RelationalSees relationships as central to well-being. The relationship with the therapist is used to understand and change patterns in other relationships.

More details

Sessions

Online only

Accepting new clients

Yes

Specialties

Relationship Issues, Mood Disorders, Anxiety, ADHD, Anger Management, Coping Skills, Depression, Developmental Disorders, Emotional Disturbance, Family Conflict, Grief, Life Transitions, Narcissistic Personality (NPD), Personality Disorders, Self Esteem, Spirituality, Stress, Trauma and PTSD

Insurance

Aetna, Carelon Behavioral Health, Cigna and Evernorth, First Health, N/A, Optum, Oscar Health, Oxford, UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH

Fees

Individual sessions $140; sliding scale available

Payment methods

Cash, Check, Venmo

Ages

Adults, Elders (65+)

Works with

Individuals

Communities

Gay Allied, Lesbian Allied, Racial Justice Allied, Single Parent

Ethnicity

Black and African American, Hispanic and Latino

Languages

English

Gender

Female

Education

Seton Hall University

Years in practice

31

Education & qualifications