About Anna
Anna Marasco is a licensed clinical social worker with 11 years of experience. She has worked extensively in trauma, addiction, and dual diagnosis settings. Anna approaches people with warmth and a clear belief that everyone is doing their best, even when coping looks messy.
She uses a humanistic, client-centered stance that treats coping behaviors as learned survival skills rather than fixed identity. Sessions are a place to bring difficult feelings and hidden parts alongside moments of joy.
Background and approach
Anna invites honesty about struggles such as self-harm, substance use, or emotional overwhelm without judgment. Her practice focuses on stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression. She also addresses a wide range of related concerns, including attachment issues, dissociation, caregiving stress, body image, and co-occurring diagnoses.
That breadth helps when problems overlap or feel complex. Anna adapts her methods to each person's needs instead of using a one-size-fits-all script. She draws on approaches like cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical skills, EMDR, and attachment-based thinking to shape practical steps that match client goals.
The aim is useful tools and clearer understanding, not a list of empty suggestions. Outside of clinical work she has a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing and is an avid equestrian. She talks about being a steady supporter in therapy - someone who helps clients find their footing while they do the hard work themselves.
Therapeutic approaches that adapt to you
Attachment-based work focuses on relationships and patterns formed early in life. It helps people understand how past bonds affect current reactions and connection. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors to build practical skills for anxiety, depression, and stress. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is used to process distressing memories and reduce their emotional intensity for people affected by trauma.Finding the right approach is a shared process. Anna will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts techniques over time and checks in so the plan stays useful and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people use visual cues and a fuller conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick check-ins, journaling between sessions, or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and maintain consistency while working toward change.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Utah
- Languages
- English
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