Therapist profile
Marianne Costales-Roman, LCSW
Illinois LCSW - Family and parenting concerns
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- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting support
- LGBTQ issues
About Marianne
Marianne Costales-Roman is an Illinois licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, with 27 years of practice. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, parenting concerns, and LGBTQ-related issues. She works with adults who are dealing with relationship strain, grief, trauma, or big life changes.
She uses straightforward conversation and practical tools. Sessions often involve noticing patterns, trying small changes, and talking through what feels stuck. Marianne draws on approaches such as acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and emotionally-focused work to help people clarify their values and handle difficult feelings.
Her background includes long experience supporting people through family-related concerns, adoption and foster care issues, blended family dynamics, and caregiver stress. She also helps with issues like body image, eating and sleeping concerns, and coping with work pressure. Those facing abandonment, codependency, or family of origin problems may find focused attention on relationship patterns.
Treatment often addresses communication problems, commitment and control issues, dissociation, and the impact of trauma and abuse. Marianne also supports people coping with bipolar symptoms, ADHD-related difficulties, and compassion fatigue. She combines skills-based work with time to process emotions and practical planning.
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish and she accepts international clients. Cost varies by location and sessions are billed through a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To start, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches used in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people clarify what matters to them and take actions that align with those values. It is often used when someone wants to reduce avoidance and live more in line with personal priorities.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. It is practical and problem-focused, useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating-related difficulties, and stress management.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy centers on identifying and changing emotional responses that affect relationships. It can help people understand patterns in communication and attachment-related struggles.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Marianne will discuss these methods and help decide which fits best given goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. That decision is collaborative and can be adjusted as therapy progresses.
The therapist's profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm which online options are available before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example a shorter check-in during a lunch break, or avoiding travel time. They also allow continued work while someone is between local providers or living abroad. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and communication to the online setting to keep sessions practical and focused on everyday changes.
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Experience
27+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English, Spanish
Questions
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What kinds of family or parenting concerns are addressed
She helps people with blended family issues, adoption and foster care questions, caregiver stress, and general parenting strain.
How would you describe her therapeutic style
She uses direct conversation, practices to change unhelpful patterns, and time to process feelings in session.
How much experience does she have
She has 27 years of clinical experience working with adults on relationship and life transition issues.
What are her credentials and where is she based
She is an LCSW licensed in Illinois and practices with that credential.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to people outside the US
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are used
The original profile does not list specific session formats; confirm current session options before booking.
How much do sessions cost
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription billing model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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