Marylou Biasotto, LCSW

Marylou Biasotto, LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker), brings 28 years of clinical experience helping adults navigate stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, depression, and life transitions. She practices in Delaware and works with people from diverse backgrounds, drawing on years in private practice, community mental health, prison settings, and international social work to shape a flexible, client-centered approach.

Marylou combines mindfulness and cognitive behavioral strategies to address patterns of thinking and to build practical coping skills, and she incorporates hypnotherapy when appropriate to support deeper shifts in behavior and emotion. Her work often focuses on self-esteem, motivation, aging-related concerns, parenting, relationship and intimacy issues, and challenges such as chronic illness, caregiver fatigue, and first responder stress. She also offers support for LGBT and gender dysphoria issues, career concerns, and grief related to end-of-life care.

Respect, sensitivity, and compassion guide her practice. Marylou tailors conversation and treatment plans to each person’s unique needs, emphasizing a holistic view of change that blends evidence-based techniques with practical coaching. Messaging is used as an adjunct between sessions rather than as the primary form of therapy. She welcomes the courage it takes to seek help and aims to accompany clients toward meaningful, sustainable improvement.

Approaches That Translate Well to Online Care

Marylou draws on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help people identify and reframe unhelpful thinking patterns and to build concrete skills for managing anxiety, depression, and stress. CBT focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and is useful for symptom relief and practical problem-solving.

Mindfulness therapy is used to develop present-moment awareness and acceptance, teaching attention-based practices that reduce rumination and improve emotional regulation, which can be helpful for stress, trauma recovery, and sleep difficulties.

Hypnotherapy is incorporated when appropriate to support deeper behavioral and emotional change, often alongside other methods to enhance motivation and focus for goals such as habit change or reducing intrusive thoughts.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Marylou works with each person to evaluate needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting techniques over time so therapy remains relevant and effective.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging allow clients to fit sessions into busy lives and access licensed professionals from home or another convenient location. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and to use therapy in ways that match each person’s schedule and comfort.