Marcio Costa
(He/Him/His)
Pre-Licensed Professional
In my psychoanalytic practice, I welcome patients of all identities and backgrounds to listen and work on their repressed feelings, ideas, and potential.
I have been working as a psychoanalyst for sixteen years and understand how challenging it can be to seek help at times. However, as we all need assistance at various moments in our lives, embarking on psychotherapy is an important step, helping you better understand the past experiences that shaped your character, as well as your future, desires, goals you aspire to achieve, and the fears and obstacles you encounter. I have experience with student's mental health, depression, anxiety, psychosis, and another diagnosis. My analytical work involves creating a space of freedom and trust where judgments are set aside, allowing for an immersion in the pure flow of words, memories, emotions, and ideas. By listening to oneself and being prompted by my questions, comments, dialogue, and, above all, my attentive listening, changes occur, including relieving symptoms. If you struggle with persistent symptoms, whether physical, mental, behavioral, social, or otherwise, please get in touch and schedule a session. Sufferings are vital issues that need to be understood to better cope with and transform them into something else, as the strength we endure is the strength we can act.
Practice hours
Accepts new patients after hospitalization for
- Manic episodes
- Severe depression
- Self-harming behavior
- Suicidal intent or a plan
- Altered mental status or delirium
- Psychosis (delusions and hallucinations)
- Escalating reckless or impulsive behavior
- Suicide attempt
- Eating disorders
- Substance use
- Severe emotional stress or trauma
Reserves times throughout the week for new clients after discharge from the hospital.
Adjusts scheduling to accommodate new clients after their hospitalization.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
- Academic Concerns
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Image
- Borderline Personality
- Burnout
- Career
- Childhood Abuse
- Depression
- Drug Use
- Gender Identity
- Immigration/Acculturation
- Loneliness/Isolation
- Men's Issues
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Panic
- Paranoid Personality
- Racial Identity
- Racial/Cultural Oppression or Trauma
- Relationship Violence/Stalking/Harassment
- Spiritual/Religious Concerns
- Suicidal Ideation
- Trauma
- Women's Issues
Age groups
- Teens (13-17)
- Young adults (18-30)
- Adults (31-64)
- Seniors (65 or older)
Special groups
- Active duty military
- Adult children of alcoholics
- Athletes
- Body positivity
- Clients from the court/judicial system
- Immigrants
- Little people
- Neurodivergent people
- People in the foster care system
- People of color
- People seeking asylum
- People who are bisexual
- People who are blind or visually impaired
- People who identify as gay
- People who identify as lesbian
- People who identify as non-binary
- People who identify as queer
- People with disabilities
- People with HIV or AIDS
- Professional Healthcare Providers
- Transgender
- Veterans
Treatment specialties
Therapeutic modalities
- Couples Therapy
- Individual Therapy
Treatments
- Psychoanalysis
Location
Many Rivers Collective, LLC.
Clinic
1500 John F Kennedy Boulevardsuite 920Philadelphia, PA 19102
Open mapAccommodations
Entering the practice
- Well-lit path to entrance
- Door can be opened easily
- Flat path to the front door
Getting around
- Elevators
Settling in
- Wide entry to clinician space
Remote options
- Video
Payment options
$130 — $160per session
Insurance
In-network coverage provided for the following insurance companies
- Aetna – Pennsylvania
- Aetna Student Health – Pennsylvania
- Out-of-pocket
- Documentation provided for patient filling
- Out-of-network insurance
- Sliding scale
- In-network insurance
Payment methods
- Cash
- Credit Card
- Debit Card
- Venmo
- Zelle
Credentials
Licenses
Psychologyst
PS015846, Pennsylvania
Certificates
Visiting Scholar
University of Pennsylvania
Post-doctoral training in Psychoanalytical Theory
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Post-doctoral training in Clinical Psychology
Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo
Education
State University of Rio de Janeiro
PhD (Doctor of Philosophy), 2013
State University of Rio de Janeiro
MPsy (Master of Psychology), 2008