Marcia Bernstein, M.S.W., B.C.D., has been a therapist for over 32 years, the last 13 of them at Canyon Ranch—one of the nation’s premier destination health resorts, where the approach is wellness and brief therapy. She also managed two employee assistance programs—one in the New York metropolitan region and one in the Berkshires of Massachusetts—before the advent of managed care.

She taught at the graduate schools of Boston and Fordham universities Boston and and was a CME lecturer for the University of Arizona Medical School. Prior to that, Marcia worked with psychiatric, chemically-dependent and dually- diagnosed clients, abused women and children, and homeless in New York City, rural Vermont and Pennsylvania. She is certified as both a clinical hypnotherapist and a release therapist.

Marcia has lectured or facilitated workshops for over 50 groups, including several Fortune 500 companies. In 2002 she was a speaker at the annual conference of the Young Presidents’ Organization. She has been quoted in Marie Claire, Madamoiselle, and Divorce, as well as in other publications; served as an on-line relationships expert for Self magazine; was a three-time guest on “The Joan Hamburg Show” (WOR-NY); was interviewed by The Canadian Broadcasting Company; and she was featured in the Public Television production, “Live Younger Longer”. Marcia authored the segment on intimacy for the Simon & Schuster book, The Canyon Ranch Guide to Living Younger Longer, and she was a lecturer on the QM2 during the sailing vessel’s inaugural year.