About Marilyn
Marilyn Verbiscer helps people who are struggling with relationship problems, stress, anxiety, grief, or life changes. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 24 years of clinical experience. Her style is practical and direct, aimed at making steady progress in short, focused sessions.
Marilyn uses clear, goal-focused techniques to address mood concerns like depression and seasonal affective disorder, as well as sleep and self-esteem difficulties. She also works with intimacy-related issues, sexual dysfunction, and the fallout from infidelity.
How Marilyn works
Parenting strain, blended family challenges, and communication problems are part of her practice focus. Her clinical approach draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people change unhelpful patterns and move toward values-based living. For couples and relationship work she uses the Gottman Method to improve communication and rebuild trust.
Solution-Focused Therapy guides shorter-term work aimed at concrete steps and quick wins. Marilyn trained at Purdue University, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Science in Child Development and Family Studies. She holds IL LMFT and IN LMFT credentials and has presented and published on topics such as infidelity and tele-mental health.
She has also taught psychology at the college level. Sessions are typically weekly and often conducted by live video to support progress. Other formats such as phone calls, live chat, and text-based messaging are available as part of ongoing care.
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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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- 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
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 24 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Indiana |
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Online support options
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, low mood, and when life changes feel overwhelming. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thinking patterns and testing them with real-world experiments to reduce symptoms like worry, depression, and sleep problems. The Gottman Method targets relationship skills by teaching communication strategies, managing conflict, and rebuilding trust after problems such as infidelity.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that suit their goals, preferences, and pace. Sessions can shift between approaches as needs change, and treatment is adjusted based on progress and what feels most helpful.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Live video sessions are often used for deeper processing and couples work because they allow visual cues and longer conversation. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief updates, skill practice between sessions, and ongoing encouragement. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work and family schedules.
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