About Marilyn
Marilyn Verbiscer offers calm, steady help for people feeling overwhelmed by relationship strain, stress, anxiety, grief, or life transitions. She draws on long experience to guide practical steps so daily life feels more manageable.
Background and approach
Marilyn works with individuals and couples to improve communication, repair intimacy, and handle hard changes like separation or bereavement. She uses clear, straightforward methods that focus on what clients want to change.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports values-based choices when worries or strong feelings get in the way.
Marilyn trained at Purdue University, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Science in Child Development and Family Studies. She has worked in clinical settings for 24 years and maintains a practice in Indiana as an LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
Her background includes teaching at the university level and presenting on topics like infidelity and tele-mental health. Marilyn also supervises other clinicians and has written about clinical documentation and remote care.
That combination of hands-on therapy and teaching shapes an approach that is both practical and informed by current practice. Sessions are focused, goal-oriented, and aimed at real-world changes like better sleep, reduced anger, improved self-esteem, or smoking cessation.
Marilyn usually prefers weekly live video sessions to help progress move faster, while other remote formats are also available.
How these approaches work online and help in everyday life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then choose actions that line up with their values; it can be useful for anxiety, depression, and relationship stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going, and replacing them with practical skills for sleep, mood, and anger. The Gottman Method offers concrete tools for improving communication and rebuilding trust in relationships through structured exercises and focused conversations.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Marilyn will talk with clients about goals, try strategies together, and adjust methods as progress unfolds. That collaborative stance helps clients find what fits their needs and daily life rather than following a single plan.
Online therapy makes these methods easier to use around a busy schedule. Video calls let the therapist and client work in real time and practice new communication skills together. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option when video is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework support, or when someone needs a quick coping reminder between sessions. These formats offer flexibility to fit therapy into work, family, and other obligations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Indiana, Illinois
- Languages
- English