About Marisa
Marisa Colon is a Florida-based licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) who focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. She greets clients with a calm, nonjudgmental presence and encourages small steps forward. Her style aims to make the first step feel achievable for someone worried or overwhelmed.
She uses straightforward conversation to uncover what matters most to each person. Sessions often start with current concerns like grief, anger, low self-esteem, or depression.
Background and approach
From there she and the client decide on practical, doable goals for everyday life. Marisa draws on client-centered work to build trust and empathy. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors.
Motivational interviewing helps when someone needs a push to find their own reasons for change. Typical topics include communication problems, guilt and shame, isolation or loneliness, and multicultural issues. She also supports people dealing with postpartum depression, seasonal affective disorder, self-harm thoughts, and questions about self-love or young adult transitions.
Her approach is conversational and goal-oriented. She focuses on what will make a difference this week and this month. Sessions are practical and paced to each person’s needs.
Marisa has three years of clinical experience working with adults across these concerns. She practices in Florida and offers services in English.
How Marisa’s Approaches Work Online
Marisa uses client-centered therapy to make sessions feel supportive and responsive. That approach focuses on listening, reflecting what the person says, and helping them lead the direction of change. It can be helpful for people who need a safe place to talk through emotions.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. CBT is practical and often includes small experiments to test new ways of thinking and acting. Motivational interviewing is used when someone needs help clarifying their reasons for change and building the internal drive to act.
Choosing the right approach happens together. Marisa will talk about options and try methods that match a person’s goals and preferences. The process is collaborative and can shift over time as needs change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for fuller conversations and visual cues, phone calls are useful when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can support brief check-ins or ongoing reminders. These options give flexibility for scheduling, shorter check-ins, and different communication styles while working toward meaningful change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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