About Marianne
Marianne Costales-Roman is a licensed clinical social worker with 27 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship issues. She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps to feel better. Marianne offers support for parenting concerns, LGBT issues, trauma and abuse, eating and sleeping problems, and self-esteem work.
Her style is warm and direct. Sessions tend to be conversational and goal-focused. She listens for patterns that get in the way and helps clients try new ways of responding.
How Marianne works
Marianne layers several therapeutic approaches to match each person's needs. Marianne draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy among other methods. She uses skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy and client-centered practices to manage intense emotions and strengthen connections.
These approaches help with mood, coping with life changes, and building healthier relationships. Over her career she has supported people facing complicated family of origin issues, adoption and foster care questions, and caregiver stress. She also addresses concerns like ADHD, codependency, body image, and dissociation.
Her work includes coaching around career choices and boundaries. Marianne works in Illinois and offers services in English and Spanish. She accepts international clients and integrates cultural awareness into her work.
The focus is on small, steady steps that lead to clearer thinking and more ease in daily life.
Marianne lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Marianne works with
The areas below are the ones Marianne selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 27 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online support
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes by focusing on what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches concrete skills to change patterns that worsen mood or anxiety. Emotionally-Focused Therapy, or EFT, concentrates on understanding emotional responses in relationships and improving emotional connection and communication.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk about your goals and try out methods to see what fits. Over time the plan can be adjusted based on what helps you feel steadier and more in control.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let you have face-to-face conversation from wherever you are. Phone sessions work well when video is difficult or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging allow quick check-ins, shorter updates, and flexible ways to work between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue care when travel or schedules change.
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