- Client-centered approach
- Practical coping tools
- Focus on work wellbeing
About Marilyn
Marilyn Brodersen offers steady support for people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, and relationship challenges. She brings a calm, patient presence to sessions and helps clients find practical ways to manage intense emotions and troubling patterns. Marilyn’s warm manner aims to make hard conversations feel safer and more useful from the first visit.
With 30 years of clinical experience as an LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - she has worked with adults through major life transitions. Her practice emphasizes listening first, then helping people try clearer choices and small behavioral shifts that make daily life easier. Marilyn often focuses on issues such as isolation, body image, chronic health stress, and workplace strain.
Clients can expect straightforward conversation that links feeling states to actions and routines. She helps people notice old patterns tied to attachment, abandonment, guilt, or shame, and then tests new ways of relating that reduce reactivity. Practical tools are taught alongside reflective exploration.
Marilyn also addresses concerns around life purpose, midlife change, and money or financial stress. She supports people coping with grief and trauma by pacing work to match readiness and resilience. The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Her approach is grounded in respect for each person’s story. People who want a supportive, experienced therapist to help them sort priorities, reduce overwhelm, and move toward clearer choices may find her style helpful.
How Client-Centered Work Translates to Online Therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and responding to each person's experience without steering them toward a fixed plan. In practice this means the therapist prioritizes understanding your concerns, reflects what she hears, and helps you choose steps that feel doable. This approach suits anxiety, relationship stress, grief, and issues tied to life transitions.That same basic method adapts well to remote work because the emphasis is on conversation, empathy, and mutually agreed goals rather than on specific tools. Marilyn will collaborate with clients to figure out what methods and pacing fit best for their needs, goals, and preferences. Finding the right way of working together is treated as a shared process rather than a one-size-fits-all prescription.
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the available options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy schedule, avoid travel time, and check in during short breaks from work. It can also allow quieter, less formal conversations when that better matches a client's needs. Licensed professionals adapt timing and techniques so therapy can be effective while fitting into everyday life.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
30+ years
Credentials
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Marilyn address?
She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, and grief. Additional focus areas include body image, caregiver stress, chronic pain or illness, and mood concerns.
What is Marilyn's therapeutic style like?
Her work follows a client-centered approach, which means sessions begin with listening and are guided by each person's concerns and goals. This style centers on building understanding and then trying practical steps to improve daily life.
How much experience does she have?
Marilyn has thirty years of clinical experience working with adults through life transitions and emotional challenges. That background informs a steady, paced way of working with complex issues.
Where is Marilyn based and what credential does she hold?
She practices in California and holds the credential LMFT, which stands for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California.
In what language are sessions conducted?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats, so please confirm current session options with the provider before booking. The therapist can clarify how she meets with clients when you start the process.
How are fees and cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing details are provided during the intake and scheduling steps.
What are the steps to begin working together?
To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability. The matching process connects needs and preferences to the therapist.