Marilyn Priebe, LCSW

Marilyn Priebe is a Louisiana-based licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of professional experience. She emphasizes practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting pressures, and trauma. Marilyn begins by listening to each person’s story and recognizing the strengths they already bring to change.

She works in straightforward language and helps people break problems into manageable steps. Sessions focus on coping tools, improving day-to-day functioning, and handling relationship strain or life transitions. Marilyn encourages small, realistic changes that fit into a busy life.

Her background spans three decades of direct practice in mental health. That long experience informs a calm, steady approach when handling difficult topics such as loss, postpartum depression, panic attacks, or phobias. She draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to shape the work, tailoring methods to each person’s situation.

Marilyn also supports people dealing with aging and geriatric concerns, cancer, hospice and end-of-life topics, and family of origin issues. She addresses codependency, control issues, guilt and shame, and problems that follow disasters or major life upheaval.

The initial step is simple: sign up, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session. Marilyn aims to help clients use their strengths and practical tools to make steady progress toward clearer goals.

How therapeutic approaches inform online work

Marilyn uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions in clear, concrete ways. One common thread is teaching practical coping skills for anxiety and panic - short exercises and breathing or grounding strategies that can be practiced between sessions to reduce immediate distress. Another approach focuses on grief and loss, helping people name what they are feeling, work through memories, and plan manageable steps for healing and daily routines.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Marilyn collaborates with each person to decide which techniques match their goals, needs, and comfort level. She listens to how a method feels in practice and adjusts the plan together as progress unfolds.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking. Many people find virtual sessions help them fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Online work can make it easier to practice skills between meetings and to keep steady momentum on goals while balancing other responsibilities.