About Marisa
Marisa Katzman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California. She focuses on helping people who feel stuck by offering steady, practical support for anxiety, stress, depression, and changes in life. Her tone is respectful and compassionate, and she aims to make the first step feel manageable.
Marisa draws on ten years of professional experience to tailor conversations and plans to each person. She listens for what matters most, then breaks goals into small, doable steps.
Background and approach
That can mean working on self-esteem, motivation, or coping with loss and transitions. Her work often addresses concerns such as relationship strain, career stress, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people dealing with addictions, bipolar mood challenges, chronic pain or illness, and body image worries.
Communication problems and feelings of isolation are common topics she helps untangle. Sessions tend to focus on practical strategies and clearer ways to handle overwhelming moments. Marisa helps people practice new skills between meetings so progress carries into daily life.
She describes therapy as a collaborative process where the plan changes as needs evolve. Marisa offers services in English and practices from California. She emphasizes steady support and realistic steps rather than quick fixes.
The goal is to help people gain more confidence and handle life’s demands with greater ease.
Approaches and online care that fit your life
Marisa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach emphasizes building coping skills and routines to reduce anxiety and manage stress; these strategies help with overwhelming moments and daily pressure. Another technique centers on strengthening self-esteem and motivation through goal-setting and small behavioral experiments that build confidence over time.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Marisa explores goals and preferences with each person and adjusts methods as needed. She treats the choice of techniques as a team decision and checks in regularly to see what is helping.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls suit longer conversations and skill practice, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins, quick coaching, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options are intended to fit therapy into busy days and different schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Isolation / loneliness
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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