Marylou Biasotto , LCSW

Marylou Biasotto is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Delaware with 28 years of professional experience across a range of settings. Her career has included private practice, community mental health, work with prison populations, and international social work, and she draws on that breadth when supporting people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, depression, and life transitions. She also brings experience with issues related to aging, chronic illness and pain, caregiving and hospice, and challenges tied to identity and relationships, including LGBT and gender dysphoria concerns.

Marylou integrates evidence-informed tools into individualized care. She commonly uses mindfulness practices and cognitive behavioral strategies to help clients build coping skills and change unhelpful patterns, and she incorporates hypnotherapy when it may benefit a client’s goals. Her approach emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion while attending to the whole person - emotional, relational, and practical factors that influence wellbeing.

Having lived abroad for several years, she understands aspects of expatriate experience and the stresses of relocation. She tailors conversations and treatment plans to each person’s unique circumstances and preferences, and she uses messaging as an adjunct between sessions rather than as the primary mode of therapy. Marylou welcomes thoughtful collaboration with clients who want practical tools and compassionate support as they navigate life’s challenges.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Marylou commonly integrates cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based techniques to help clients identify unhelpful thoughts and develop practical strategies for coping. CBT focuses on the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and is often useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns. Mindfulness therapy teaches present-moment awareness and self-compassion practices that can ease reactivity and improve emotional regulation.

She also uses hypnotherapy interventions when appropriate to support relaxation, habit change, and access to internal resources; hypnotherapy is presented as a collaborative adjunct to other therapeutic work. Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process - Marylou works collaboratively with each person to explore which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts plans over time based on progress and feedback.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which provide flexibility for scheduling and make it easier to access consistent care from home or other settings. These formats allow licensed professionals and therapists to deliver focused psychotherapy, skill training, and ongoing coaching in ways that fit a client’s life and commitments.