Marilyn PriebeLCSW

Marilyn Priebe draws on 30 years of social work experience to guide people through stressful life changes. She is a Louisiana licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, who focuses on everyday struggles like anxiety, depression, and grief. Marilyn emphasizes practical steps and the client’s own strengths as the starting point for change.

She believes people know their stories best and helps them use that knowledge to move forward. Conversations are straightforward and paced to each person's needs. Marilyn encourages small, achievable goals and checks progress along the way.

Her work often addresses relationship strain, self-esteem struggles, parenting challenges, and the effects of trauma or abuse. She also supports people facing postpartum depression, end-of-life concerns, caregiving stress, and health-related life changes such as cancer. Marilyn helps people navigate guilt, shame, forgiveness, and family-of-origin issues.

Sessions typically focus on clarifying what matters now, identifying manageable steps, and building coping skills for panic, phobias, and overwhelming worry. She draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to shape treatment plans in plain, practical terms. The aim is clearer thinking and steadier day-to-day habits.

If someone wants a collaborative, strengths-focused approach, Marilyn offers steady support and simple tools to try between sessions. She recognizes that starting therapy can be hard and treats that first step as meaningful.

How evidence-based techniques translate to online care

Evidence-based therapeutic techniques often include cognitive approaches that help people notice and change unhelpful thinking patterns, and behavioral strategies that build practical coping skills. Cognitive tools can ease worry and panic by teaching simple ways to test fears. Behavioral strategies help with routines, sleep, and step-by-step exposure to reduce phobias and avoidance.

Many clinicians also use problem-focused methods to break overwhelming issues into small tasks. That kind of work helps with grief, relationship strain, parenting stress, and life transitions by creating clear next steps and measurable progress. These approaches are taught in plain language and practiced together so clients know what to try between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Marilyn works collaboratively to identify which techniques fit a person's goals, needs, and preferences. She adjusts plans over time based on what works and what feels manageable for the client.

The original profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow for brief check-ins when a full appointment isn't needed. It also lets people use sessions while balancing childcare, work breaks, or medical appointments without requiring physical travel.