About Marilyn
Marilyn Ramirez-Torres is a licensed clinical social worker in California who focuses on helping people move through trauma, loss, and low self-worth. She draws on nine years of mental health experience to support people facing depression, grief, and concerns related to LGBT identity. Marilyn speaks English and aims to make the first step feel more manageable for someone worried about starting therapy.
Her approach begins by listening to each person's story and recognizing the strengths they already have.
How Marilyn works
She treats clients as partners in the work and helps them build practical coping skills. Sessions are straightforward and aim to make small changes that add up over time. Marilyn has worked across a range of mood and stress-related concerns, including anxiety, bipolar disorder, and personality-related struggles.
She also helps people navigating attachment wounds, abandonment, and relationship communication problems. Issues around body image, shame, and forgiveness are part of her practice as well. She offers ways to manage physical and emotional strain tied to chronic pain, illness, caregiving, and life transitions such as separation or midlife shifts.
Men’s issues, impulsivity, isolation, and questions about life purpose are also within her focus areas. Therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Marilyn supports each person in finding the pacing and format that fits their life and goals.
What Marilyn works with
The areas below are the ones Marilyn selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approaches and what online therapy can look like
Marilyn uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional recovery. One approach centers on processing traumatic memories and responses so people can reduce symptoms from past abuse and regain a sense of safety in daily life. Another approach targets mood and loss-related struggles by teaching emotion regulation and behavioral skills to manage depression and grief more effectively.Choosing the right approach is part of the work and happens together. Marilyn will ask about goals, what has helped or not helped before, and how symptoms show up in daily life. From there she and the client try methods that fit the person's needs and adjust the plan as progress unfolds.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful when visual connection helps the conversation. Phone sessions can fit a commute or a shorter check-in when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging work for people who prefer writing or need flexible, brief check-ins throughout the week. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy or changing schedules.
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A practical next step
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