Marilyn Priebe, LCSW
Licensed in Louisiana · 30 years in practice
Marilyn Priebe is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience working in Louisiana.
License and registration
- LCSW, Louisiana
- 3514 · expires August 2026
- NPI
- 1811059835 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
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About Marilyn
Marilyn Priebe is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience working in Louisiana. She focuses on practical support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and relationship concerns. Marilyn speaks plainly and treats each person as the expert on their own life.
She comes from a long career helping people notice their strengths and use those strengths to handle hard moments. Marilyn listens for what matters most to each person.
Background and approach
She helps set small, clear goals and suggests steps people can try between sessions. Her approach is down-to-earth and collaborative. Marilyn prefers short, direct conversations that lead to concrete changes.
She will talk through coping skills for panic, ways to reduce daily stress, and strategies for improving self-esteem. Marilyn also supports people facing major life transitions like divorce, caregiving, cancer, hospice and end-of-life concerns, or aging-related changes. She brings practical tools for dealing with grief, guilt, shame, and family of origin issues.
For parents she offers guidance around parenting strain and postpartum depression while keeping the focus on the individual’s needs and strengths. Her work addresses trauma and abuse with care and attention to pacing and stability. If someone decides to begin work with her, they can expect steady, experience-based guidance and respect for their pace and priorities.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Marilyn lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Online support
Approaches that guide online care
Many people benefit from evidence-based techniques that focus on present problems and teach skills for daily life. One common approach she uses emphasizes practical coping skills - teaching breathing, grounding, and step-by-step methods to manage panic, anxiety, and stress. These tools are useful when someone needs quick, usable strategies to calm intense feelings.Another frequently used approach centers on grief, life transitions, and processing loss. This method creates space to name difficult emotions, build routines that support recovery, and work toward meaning and forward movement after major changes. It suits people coping with bereavement, caregiving stress, or end-of-life concerns.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Marilyn works with each person to identify goals, try a method, and adjust as needed. She partners with clients to match technique to personality, needs, and what feels workable in everyday life.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule. Video calls let people see one another for conversational work, phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit a short break, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text messaging allows ongoing processing between appointments. These options offer flexibility so therapy can continue around work, caregiving, or medical appointments.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Marilyn commonly help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, grief, self-esteem, trauma and parenting-related strain.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is direct and collaborative, emphasizing practical steps and short, focused conversations to build coping skills.
What is her level of experience?
She has 30 years of professional work experience supporting people through a wide range of life challenges.
What credentials and region does she practice in?
She holds an LCSW credential and practices in Louisiana.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as session formats.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
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