Marilyn Babcock , LCSW

Marilyn Babcock, LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker), approaches counseling with the conviction that meaningful change requires both professional guidance and the client’s willingness to look honestly at themselves and their circumstances. She offers steady support while encouraging the personal courage needed to face difficult emotions and life transitions, helping clients move toward greater self-awareness and renewed self-care.

With 25 years of experience as a therapist and mindfulness educator, she specializes in helping people develop practical skills for stress reduction, working through grief and loss, setting healthy boundaries, and cultivating self-compassion. Her work often addresses complex life changes, caregiving stress, compassion fatigue, and concerns related to midlife, aging, and life purpose.

Her approach blends candid conversation with reflective exercises and home practices. Clients can expect probing questions, reading and journaling assignments, mindfulness practices, and other reflections designed to unstick what’s getting in the way and reconnect them with wellbeing. These tools are used collaboratively to reawaken resilience and ease daily burdens.

Appointments are arranged directly by Marilyn after an intake and screening to ensure a good fit. Her schedule is not on the the platform calendar; she currently has openings on Wednesdays between 9 am and 2 pm Eastern, 6 am and 11 am Pacific, and sessions are scheduled at times that suit both therapist and client.

Jungian, Mindfulness, and Psychodynamic Approaches in Online Care

Marilyn Babcock integrates Jungian, mindfulness, and psychodynamic ideas into her online practice to offer different paths to understanding and healing. Jungian therapy explores symbols, personal stories, and inner patterns to help clients find meaning and reconcile parts of themselves, which can be useful for life purpose work, midlife concerns, and identity shifts. Mindfulness therapy teaches present-moment awareness and practical practices for calming the nervous system and reducing reactivity, supporting stress reduction, coping with grief, and strengthening self-care. Psychodynamic therapy attends to underlying feelings and recurring relationship patterns that influence current behavior, which can help with communication problems, codependency, and long-standing self-esteem issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and Marilyn works collaboratively with each person to identify methods that best fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She helps clients test different tools and adjusts the approach over time so the work remains relevant and effective for the individual.

Online therapy with Marilyn is offered by licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for busy schedules and those who prefer remote care. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, access sessions from home, and integrate therapeutic practices into daily life.