Marlene Dmytryshyn, LCSW

Marlene Dmytryshyn is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in New York with 40 years of professional experience. She focuses on relationship and family concerns, helping people navigate grief and loss, intimacy-related challenges, and the many transitions life brings. Marlene approaches each person as the expert of their own story, building on existing strengths to address issues such as divorce, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and feelings of isolation.

Her work emphasizes practical coping strategies and compassionate support for those facing abandonment, infidelity, guilt, or questions of life purpose and midlife change. She has experience supporting clients through end-of-life and hospice situations, as well as women’s issues and the impact of narcissistic dynamics on families. Marlene encourages the courage it takes to begin therapy and honors that step as an important part of change.

Clients who choose Marlene can expect a respectful, strengths-based partnership aimed at clarifying goals and finding workable steps forward. She offers therapy that balances emotional exploration with real-world tools to help people move through grief, repair or redefine relationships, and adapt to new life circumstances.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Support

Marlene uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to relationship, family, and grief work. One common focus is skills-based coping work, which involves learning practical strategies to manage stress, caregiving demands, chronic illness, and daily challenges so clients can navigate change with clearer tools. Another emphasis is emotion-focused exploration, helping people process grief, loss, and intimacy-related pain by naming feelings and making sense of difficult experiences. She also brings a relational perspective that addresses family dynamics, communication patterns, and trust issues to support repair and healthier boundaries.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process. Marlene collaborates with each client to determine which combination of techniques best fits their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting course as progress is made to ensure the work remains relevant and useful.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for people with busy schedules, mobility limitations, or caregiving responsibilities. These formats make it easier to maintain consistent appointments, access support from home, and continue therapy through life transitions while working with a licensed therapist.