Therapist profile
Marianne Costales-Roman, LCSW
Illinois
LCSW - Relationships and Codependency concerns
Continue with MarianneWhere Marianne stands
- Credentials
- LCSW
- License
- LCSW, Illinois / 149012137
- NPI
- 1710441555
- Experience
- 27 years
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Location
- Illinois
About
- Stress and anxiety
- Relationship patterns
- ACT CBT DBT EFT
About Marianne
Marianne Costales-Roman is an Illinois LCSW with 27 years of clinical experience. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, and issues connected to LGBTQ+ identity. Marianne also lists codependency among her focus areas and helps with parenting, grief, trauma, and problems like anger and low self-esteem.
She uses straightforward conversation to help people notice patterns that keep them stuck. Sessions involve talking through what feels most urgent, practicing new ways of handling emotions, and trying small changes between meetings. Marianne draws on several approaches to match a persons situation rather than offering a single fixed method.
Her background includes supporting people through life changes like career shifts, adoption and foster care issues, blended family adjustments, and caregiving stress. She also works with concerns such as eating and sleeping struggles, body image, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Language support is available in English and Spanish.
In sessions Marianne focuses on building clearer communication and firmer boundaries. She helps people identify how they may be putting others first at their own expense, and she practices concrete skills for saying no and expressing needs. Work with her is practical and paced to the clients readiness.
She combines methods from acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioral strategies, dialectical behavior techniques, emotionally-focused methods, and client-centered ways of working. People who want a direct, experienced clinician to help with relationship patterns and coping strategies will find a pragmatic approach here.
How sessions work
How Marianne uses ACT, CBT and EFT in online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting driven by them, then choose actions that matter to them. This approach is useful for anxiety, stress, and valuing changes in relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and practices concrete skills to shift unhelpful patterns, which can help with mood, worry, and sleep problems. Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on emotions in relationships and helps people name and respond to core feelings that shape intimacy and conflict.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Marianne will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. She treats approach selection as a collaboration and may combine techniques to fit the client's immediate needs.
Confirm current session formats before booking to know which online options are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, and reduce travel time so therapy fits around work or caregiving. The practical aim is to make sessions usable in everyday life while working on relationship patterns, boundaries, and coping skills.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
27+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English, Spanish
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, LGBTQ+ matters, codependency, trauma, grief, parenting, and related concerns listed in her profile.
What is her style in sessions?
She uses practical conversation and skill practice. Sessions focus on noticing unhelpful patterns and trying small changes between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has 27 years of clinical experience as a licensed clinical social worker.
What credential and location are listed?
She is an Illinois LCSW and practices from Illinois.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Can international clients work with her?
Yes, she accepts international clients according to the profile.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.