Marlene Dmytryshyn, LCSW

Marlene Dmytryshyn is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 40 years of experience helping people handle major life changes. She focuses on relationship and family concerns, grief and loss, and intimacy-related issues. Her approach treats each person as the expert on their own story and looks for strengths to build on.

She listens first and asks simple questions to understand what matters most. Marlene helps people name what feels hardest and then works with them to try practical steps forward. Conversations include ways to cope with abandonment, guilt, shame, and isolation, and to manage stresses from caregiving, chronic illness, or cancer.

Clients often bring concerns about divorce, infidelity, or repeated patterns such as narcissistic relationships. Marlene also supports those facing end-of-life matters, hospice-related decisions, and grief connected to major losses. She uses straightforward talk and planning rather than jargon or complex labels.

Her long practice in New York means she has seen many kinds of family problems and life transitions. She aims to help people find clearer choices and steadier footing when life shifts suddenly or slowly over time. Marlene encourages small, achievable steps so progress feels doable.

Starting therapy is framed as a collaborative process. She helps people set goals, test new ways of relating, and build on existing strengths to meet challenges such as chronic pain, caregiving stress, and midlife questions.

Approach-driven online support for life transitions

Evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One common approach emphasizes identifying strengths and setting achievable goals to manage grief, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and relationship strains; it helps people break big problems into smaller, manageable steps. Another approach looks at relationship patterns and communication habits, helping clients notice repeated dynamics, practice different responses, and rebuild trust and intimacy over time.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to clarify needs and try methods that fit their goals and preferences. Together they test ideas, track what helps, and adjust the plan based on what actually feels useful.

If you are considering online therapy, check the current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let people continue care through major health challenges or caregiving responsibilities without rearranging as much of their day. Confirm the specific session formats available and schedule to match your needs.