Marilyn Seccombe
Compassionate, experienced guidance for emotional challenges
LMHC Massachusetts
- Experience
- 30 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Self esteem, Depression
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Marilyn
Marilyn Seccombe is a licensed mental health counselor in Massachusetts with 30 years of clinical experience guiding people through emotional challenges. She concentrates on stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, coaching, and coping with life changes, combining practical strategies with empathic support to help clients regain stability and direction.
Background and approach
Her work reflects deep familiarity with personality dynamics, emotional regulation, and patterns that can interfere with daily functioning. Marilyn draws on evidence-informed methods and a person-focused stance to explore communication difficulties, control issues, guilt and shame, isolation, jealousy, panic attacks, and workplace stress while attending to each client's individual circumstances.
Therapy with Marilyn emphasizes collaborative problem-solving and skill building so clients can develop healthier coping tools and clearer perspectives. Her sessions aim to be nonjudgmental and strategic, fostering resilience through applied techniques and reflective dialogue.
Prospective clients can expect steady clinical guidance that respects their pace and priorities while addressing the concerns that matter most to them.
Approaches That Inform Online Care
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a practical, goal-oriented approach that helps people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; it is often used to address anxiety, depression, panic, and stress-related problems. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes an empathic, accepting relationship in which the therapist offers understanding and support so clients can clarify values and find their own solutions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) focuses on emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills and can be useful for intense emotions, self-harm tendencies, and chronic mood difficulties.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Marilyn works with clients to evaluate which methods fit their needs and goals and adapts techniques from these approaches over time so the work remains aligned with personal priorities and progress.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing clients to fit sessions into busy schedules and maintain continuity of care across locations within Massachusetts. These formats can make it easier to access regular support, practice skills between sessions, and stay connected with a licensed professional in ways that suit individual routines and preferences.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
30+ years
Licensed
Massachusetts
Languages
English