About Marilyn
Marilyn DeLuera is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and parenting stress. She approaches therapy with patience and plain talk so worried people can understand next steps. Sessions focus on small, practical changes that make daily life easier.
She draws on 14 years of professional experience and a lifetime of caregiving roles to offer steady support. Marilyn centers the person in the room and listens first, then helps map out options that fit each person's situation.
Background and approach
She pays attention to how past relationships shape current feelings and choices. Her work often involves exploring attachment patterns, looking at unhelpful thinking, and finding clearer ways to tell one’s story. Techniques come from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral ideas, and narrative and motivational approaches.
The goal is to build coping tools and clearer decisions, not quick fixes. Marilyn supports people dealing with anger, relationship strain, mood disorders, attention challenges, caregiver stress, and the ripple effects of abuse or domestic violence. She also helps with feelings of emptiness, guilt, and isolation, and with life changes such as aging or role shifts.
People can expect a collaborative, respectful style that balances listening with practical steps. Marilyn offers in‑the‑moment guidance and helps set simple actions to try between sessions. She welcomes conversations about goals and adjusts the approach as needs change.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Marilyn uses attachment-based ideas to notice how early relationships affect current reactions and connection needs; this helps when anxiety or relationship patterns feel stuck. She also employs client-centered techniques that put the person's experience first, offering steady listening and support to clarify goals. Cognitive behavioral ideas are used to identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes that can ease symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning.Choosing an approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs and preferences, then try methods that fit those goals. Treatment plans are adjusted over time based on what helps and what feels right to the person.
Online work is delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video gives face-to-face conversation when it helps, phone can be easier when video bandwidth is limited, live chat or text messaging can fit quick check-ins or shorter reflections, and all formats make scheduling more flexible. These options help people keep therapy going around work, caregiving, or travel plans.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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