- Years in practice
- 24
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California, Oregon
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- LGBT
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Marilyn
Marilyn Hall is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California who focuses on parenting and related life stresses. She brings a steady, practical style to sessions and aims to help parents manage stress, relationship strain, and major life transitions. She uses straightforward conversation and gentle challenge to help people sort out what matters to them.
Sessions often include skills for managing anxiety and mood, and work on communication patterns that affect daily family life.
Background and approach
Marilyn emphasizes building small habits that make a difference at home. Her approach draws on several evidence-informed methods including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She also uses Attachment-Based and Client-Centered ideas to strengthen relationships and emotional understanding.
Those approaches inform how she helps people rebuild trust, set boundaries, or cope with loss. Marilyn has 24 years of clinical experience and has helped people with depression, bipolar mood concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, and compassion fatigue. She also supports parents facing blended family issues, adoption and foster care challenges, fatherhood concerns, and the stresses of separation and divorce.
Sessions are offered in English and are available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Marilyn works in a collaborative way, helping each person set practical goals and find steps they can use between sessions.
What Marilyn works with
Everything Marilyn lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Marilyn helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Coping with life changes
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Blended family issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Marilyn lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches for online parenting and relationship work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people get clearer about what matters to them and take small actions in line with those values, which can be useful when parenting feels overwhelming. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying practical behavior and thinking changes to reduce anxiety and low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how relationships shape feelings and behavior and can help rebuild connection and trust in close relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Marilyn will work together with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences, and the specific challenges they bring. She adapts techniques so they are practical and relevant for everyday family life.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and seeing nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, ongoing coaching-style support, or a way to keep momentum between longer sessions.
Questions people ask about Marilyn
What parenting and family concerns does Marilyn help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, blended family issues, adoption and foster care matters, divorce and separation, and family of origin problems.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and collaborative with straightforward conversation, gentle challenge, and an emphasis on small, usable skills people can try between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 24 years of clinical experience helping people with depression, bipolar moods, trauma, grief, and relationship strains.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practices in California and holds the LMFT credential, listed as CA LMFT MFT and OR LMFT in her documentation.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Marilyn offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to start working together?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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