About Clarissa
Clarissa Lane is a licensed clinical social worker in Virginia with eight years of practice. She focuses on anxiety and stress along with related issues like trauma, grief, depression, and self-esteem. Clarissa aims to help people feel understood and clearer about next steps.
She frames the first appointment as a practical place to begin change. Her style is down-to-earth and collaborative. Sessions typically center on what the person wants to address and on building concrete tools to manage symptoms.
Background and approach
She uses listening and questions to help people notice patterns that keep them stuck and to try new responses in daily life. Clarissa draws on several approaches to match a person’s needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior.
Mindfulness practices teach ways to notice strong feelings without getting overwhelmed. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing may be used when past events continue to cause intense distress. She also integrates client-centered principles to keep sessions focused on each person’s priorities.
That means checking in about what’s working and what isn’t, and adjusting the plan accordingly. Practical skills and small experiments between sessions are often part of the work. People often reach out for help with life transitions, relationship strain, coping with loss, or burnout from caregiving.
Clarissa supports people who want steady, skills-based help alongside space to process emotions. The first step is a short match and scheduling to find the right fit.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and following the person's priorities in each session, helping people feel heard and steering the work toward their goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches practical skills for managing intense emotions and improving coping when life feels overwhelming.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, symptoms, and day-to-day life to decide which methods to try first. This is a collaborative conversation and plans can be adjusted as progress is made.
Online sessions can include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video lets people work face-to-face when visual cues matter. Phone calls can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video. Live chat and text messaging offer shorter check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent during busy weeks or life transitions.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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