Marilyn Priebe, LCSW

Marilyn Priebe is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Louisiana with 30 years of professional experience. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship pain, grief, low self-esteem, depression, trauma and abuse, and parenting concerns. She emphasizes clients' own knowledge of their lives and strengths when starting work together.

Marilyn frames sessions around practical conversation and steady support. She listens for the patterns that keep problems repeating, especially those that stem from the family people grew up in. She helps clients name those patterns and try different ways of responding when old roles or expectations come up.

Her approach is straightforward. Sessions focus on clear goals, coping ideas, and small changes that can be practiced between meetings. She encourages people to use what they already do well while learning new strategies for stress, anxiety, and relationship issues.

Marilyn also works with topics that often sit alongside family concerns, such as grief, caregiving and end-of-life matters, codependency, and life meaning. She talks through practical steps for handling difficult conversations, managing panic or phobias, and navigating separation or divorce.

To begin, she asks people to reflect on what they want to change and what strengths they bring. That orientation helps shape sessions so the work fits daily life and the specific problems the person brings. Her experience gives a broad base for addressing long-running family of origin issues and current concerns.

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