Marilyn DeLuera, LCSW

Marilyn DeLuera is a licensed clinical social worker with 14 years of experience helping people navigate relationship and life challenges. She focuses on issues like trauma and abuse, grief, parenting concerns, self-esteem, depression, anxiety, stress, and relationship difficulties. Her approach aims to help people feel heard and find practical ways forward.

Marilyn centers the person in therapy. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow each person's pace and priorities. She believes change often starts from small shifts in how people see themselves and their options.

She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early connections shape current relationships. That perspective can help when patterns of dependence, abandonment fears, or communication problems cause pain. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used when clients want tools to notice and shift thoughts and behaviors that keep them stuck.

Sessions here tend to be straightforward and conversational. Marilyn listens, asks questions to clarify what matters most, and helps people try new ways of responding. She invites clients to build on their strengths and discover options that fit daily life.

Marilyn brings both professional experience and life roles to her work. She speaks from years of clinical practice plus roles as a daughter, wife, mother, and grandmother. She encourages realistic steps, hopeful perspective, and steady support as people work through change.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Marilyn uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships affect current patterns. That approach helps with connection issues, abandonment fears, and problems in communication. Client-Centered Therapy is another core approach where the therapist follows the person's lead, listens closely, and helps people say what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy offers practical ways to notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to reduce anxiety or low mood.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. Marilyn will work together with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and daily life. She encourages testing a couple of strategies and adjusting them based on what feels most helpful.

The biography does not specify particular session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, shorten travel time, and allow check-ins between other commitments. It can also make it simpler to include conversations about parenting, caregiving stress, or relationship patterns without rearranging a whole day.