About Marilyn
Marilyn Brodersen is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 30 years of experience helping adults facing stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, grief, and trauma. She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps that make daily life more manageable.
Background and approach
Her tone is steady and direct, aimed at people who want clear support during hard transitions. Marilyn centers sessions on each person's story and goals.
She uses a client-centered approach that emphasizes listening, reflection, and collaboration. In sessions she helps people name difficult feelings, spot unhelpful patterns, and try small changes that can relieve pressure at home and work.
Her background includes long experience working with adults navigating loss, relationship shifts, and changes in identity or purpose. She often helps people who feel stuck by addressing shame, abandonment wounds, or difficulty reengaging after illness or caregiving stress.
Practical concerns like money stress and chronic pain are also part of her caseload. Sessions are used to sort priorities, practice new ways of coping, and build routines that support mood and energy.
Marilyn aims to help clients develop clearer boundaries, steadier relationships, and a stronger sense of direction. She explains ideas in plain language and focuses on tools that fit each person’s life.
Located in California, Marilyn holds the licensed marriage and family therapist credential, LMFT. She conducts therapy in English and uses a mix of conversation and real-life assignments to help people move forward.
Client-centered care through online options
Client-centered therapy puts the person front and center. It involves careful listening, reflecting what the person says, and tailoring the work to their pace. This approach helps with stress, anxiety, grief, relationship concerns, and issues like shame or feeling isolated because the therapist follows the client's goals.In practice Marilyn focuses on collaboration. She and the client look at what matters most, try ideas together, and adjust the plan based on what helps. Figuring out the best approach is part of the work and is done jointly, so therapy changes as needs and goals change.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging for flexibility. Video works well for full conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions take less bandwidth and can fit a busy day. Live chat or messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, processing a tough moment, or keeping a steady connection between longer sessions. These options make it easier to schedule regular time for change while fitting therapy into everyday life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English