Marlene Dmytryshyn

Marlene Dmytryshyn is a licensed clinical social worker with 40 years of practice in New York. She focuses on relationship strain, family conflicts, grief and loss, and intimacy-related challenges. Marlene emphasizes each person’s strengths and treats clients as the expert in their own story. She offers straightforward support for people facing difficult life changes.

Over four decades Marlene has worked with many people coping with big transitions. She helps those dealing with abandonment, divorce, infidelity, and midlife crises. She also supports people managing illness, chronic pain, caregiving stress, cancer, and issues that arise around hospice and end-of-life counseling. Sessions address practical concerns such as communication, boundaries, and day-to-day coping.

Marlene takes a collaborative approach in sessions. She listens first, then works with each person to set doable goals. Expectations and next steps are kept clear so progress feels real and manageable.

Her work also pays attention to emotional burdens like guilt, shame, isolation, and forgiveness. She helps people untangle those feelings and consider small changes that ease daily life. The emphasis is on realistic strategies you can try between sessions.

If you are facing loss, life transitions, or ongoing stress, Marlene helps you find steady ways forward. To begin, follow the site's sign-up flow and schedule a first meeting once matched.

Evidence-based approaches and online care

Many clients find practical, evidence-based techniques helpful when facing grief, relationship strain, or major life changes. One common approach focuses on improving communication and problem solving in relationships by teaching concrete skills for setting boundaries and expressing needs. This helps when intimacy, infidelity, or family conflict are causing daily distress.

Another approach emphasizes coping strategies for loss and chronic stress by identifying small, manageable steps to reduce overwhelm. This kind of work targets feelings like guilt, shame, or isolation and supports people through caregiving, illness, or hospice and end-of-life concerns.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to identify goals and try methods that fit their needs and preferences. That collaborative exploration helps find what actually feels useful rather than prescribing a single path.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session options before booking so you know which formats are offered. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow a shorter check-in when time is limited, and remove travel time. Many people appreciate that remote work lets them focus on coping skills in the context of their everyday routines.