About Marilyn
Marilyn Babcock is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem struggles, and big life changes. She also offers coaching for coping skills and addresses compassion fatigue. Her style is straightforward and practical, aimed at helping a worried parent find clearer ways forward.
Marilyn uses gentle questioning and plain talk to surface what matters most. She offers short exercises to practice between sessions, such as journaling and simple mindfulness routines.
Background and approach
Clients can expect a mix of reflection and action so problems feel more manageable over time. Her background includes nearly three decades of work as a therapist and mindfulness educator. Marilyn brings long experience supporting people through loss, transitions, and stressful caregiving situations.
She also focuses on aging and geriatric issues, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and life purpose work. Sessions often include exploring personal patterns, improving communication, and setting realistic boundaries. She suggests reading, reflection, and home practices to reinforce progress.
The aim is to help people reconnect with their energy and everyday functioning. Marilyn holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, LCSW, and practices from New York. She relies on Jungian ideas, mindfulness techniques, and psychodynamic perspectives to guide her work.
The overall approach is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Jungian Therapy looks at personal stories and symbols to help people understand patterns that repeat in their lives, which can be useful for midlife questions, life purpose work, and grief. Mindfulness Therapy focuses on simple attention and breathing practices to reduce stress and improve emotional balance; it often includes short exercises to use between sessions. Psychodynamic Therapy explores early patterns and relationships that shape current reactions, helping people shift long-standing habits that interfere with wellbeing.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Marilyn will discuss these methods with each person and decide together which fits current goals and preferences. That collaborative process allows adjustments as needs change over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer practical flexibility. Video is useful for full conversations and visual feedback, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can fit brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around caregiving, work, or other commitments while keeping therapy consistent and accessible.
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- Experience
- 27 years
- Licensed
- New York, Oregon
- Languages
- English