Meet Marilynne
A lifetime of listening
Marilynne Ramsey didn’t arrive at this work through theory.
She arrived through living life.
Her understanding of people, relationships, grief, and resilience comes from both professional training and lived experience. Over the course of her career, she has worked with individuals, couples, and families, while also teaching psychotherapy, sociology, statistics, and the history of the women’s movement.
Her path has been consistent and intentional:
A lifelong commitment to understanding people and helping them understand themselves.
Experience that goes beyond credentials
Marilynne holds a Ph.D. and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW).
But what matters most to her is not just what she studied, it’s what she’s practiced.
For decades, she has:
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Sat with people through grief and loss
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Helped couples navigate difficult truths
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Supported individuals through anxiety, depression, and major life transitions
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Taught future therapists how to build meaningful client relationships
Her work is grounded in one core belief:
If the relationship between therapist and client is strong, the work can actually happen.
How she works
Marilynne’s approach is influenced by the principles of active listening and deep relational engagement.
In practice, that means:
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She is fully present in each session
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She does not rely on rigid frameworks or scripts
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She listens for what is said and what is felt
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She offers thoughtful, direct input when it matters
She does not take notes during sessions so she can stay fully engaged. Notes are written afterward to capture what is important without disrupting the human connection in the room.
Her clients often describe her as:
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Attentive
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Grounded
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Honest
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Fully engaged
The heart behind her work
1 / What shaped her work
Marilynne’s understanding of grief, loss, and emotional complexity is deeply personal.
Without sharing every detail, she brings a lived awareness of what it means to navigate difficult family dynamics, loss, and long-term emotional challenges.
That lived experience shows up in how she works:
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She recognizes pain even when it’s hidden
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She understands grief beyond surface-level conversations
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She helps clients face what is true, not just what is comfortable
2 / What matters most to her
When asked what she wants people to feel after reading about her or meeting her, her answer is simple:
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That she is reliable
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That she is experienced
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That she is available
Because trust is built on those three things.
And trust is what makes therapy work.
3 / Why she continues this work
Marilynne does not practice psychotherapy because she has to.
She does it because she believes in it.
She maintains a sliding fee scale to make therapy accessible, while also holding the boundary that the work has value and should be treated as such.
She continues to meet with clients in person because:
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People still need to be heard
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Real conversation still matters
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And meaningful change still happens when someone is willing to sit down and do the work