- guilt and shame
- family conflict
- intimacy issues
About Marlene
Marlene Dmytryshyn is a New York LCSW with 40 years of clinical experience helping people with relationship struggles, family conflict, grief and loss, and intimacy-related concerns. She meets adults who are wrestling with change, questioning life purpose, or carrying guilt and shame from past actions or identity. Her focus also includes abandonment, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and issues around divorce and infidelity.
She treats conversations as practical work. Sessions look at what happened, what still matters now, and what small choices can ease daily strain. She encourages clients to notice their strengths and to use them when testing new ways of relating and coping.
Marlene draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide clarity around painful feelings. She helps people name emotions, trace how those feelings affect behavior, and practice concrete skills for different situations. That can include looking at patterns in relationships, managing grief, or addressing shame tied to identity or choices.
Her style is straightforward and respectful. She asks questions, reflects observations, and suggests exercises that can be tried between sessions. Clients often work on clearer communication, boundary setting, and strategies to handle loneliness or isolation.
Sessions acknowledge the role of life transitions and long-term stressors like caregiving, chronic illness, or loss. Marlene supports people as they sort through complicated emotions and decide on next steps for relationships, health, and personal goals.
Evidence-based methods and online sessions
Many of her clients benefit from approaches that focus on clear skills and understanding patterns. Cognitive-behavioral techniques help people identify unhelpful thoughts that feed guilt or shame and test new ways of thinking and acting. This approach is useful for managing distressing memories, negative self-judgments, and everyday choices that reinforce painful feelings.Another common approach involves structured grief work that helps people organize memories, honor loss, and build routines that reduce overwhelm. This work looks at practical steps for remembering, coping with triggers, and rearranging daily life after a major loss or life change.
Finding the right fit is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which techniques to try, based on goals, history, and what feels manageable. That collaborative testing helps shape short-term tasks and longer plans so the work stays focused and practical.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins between in-person visits, and remove travel time. Licensed professionals and therapists often use these practical advantages to keep therapy consistent with daily life and responsibilities.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
40+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with relationship problems, family conflict, grief and intimacy-related issues. Additional areas listed include guilt and shame, abandonment, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and divorce.
How does she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She uses evidence-based techniques to help people name and track guilt or shame and see how those feelings influence behavior. The work focuses on concrete steps to change patterns and reduce their hold on daily life.
What is her background and experience?
She is a licensed clinical social worker with 40 years of professional experience. Much of her work has involved relationship issues, grief, and long-term stress like caregiving and chronic illness.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a New York LCSW and practices in New York. Sessions are conducted in English.
Can people from other countries work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted. Sessions are offered in English to people within her practice region.
What session formats does she offer?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm the current session options before booking.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact rates are provided during the matching and scheduling process.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.