About Marissa
Marissa Belanger is a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) in Massachusetts with nine years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, parenting concerns, and building self-esteem. She aims to make sessions feel calm and nonjudgmental so people can talk honestly about what’s on their mind.
Her work centers on helping people through life transitions. She helps clients sort through grief, relationship strain, and mood or motivation shifts. She also supports people managing ADHD, fertility stress, control issues, and the shame or guilt that can come with big changes.
Background and approach
Marissa uses practical, evidence-based techniques tailored to each person. Sessions typically involve setting clear goals, practicing coping skills, and finding ways to make small changes that add up. She keeps explanations straightforward so clients can use what they learn outside sessions.
She describes herself as a steady sounding board during uncertain times. That means listening carefully, offering feedback, and helping clients make decisions that fit their values. The focus is on building resilience and clearer self-awareness.
People who want to feel more confident and balanced often find her approach useful. She works with everyday concerns like stress and parenting strain as well as deeper struggles such as grief, depression, and issues around self-love. Marissa encourages steps that are realistic and manageable.
To begin, she helps people identify a small first step and then supports continued progress. The goal is clearer thinking, more reliable coping, and a life that feels more in line with personal priorities.
Online approaches that help with anxiety and life changes
Many of her sessions use evidence-based techniques that focus on practical skills. One common approach teaches breathing, relaxation, and problem-solving strategies to reduce immediate anxiety and stress and to make daily routines easier to manage. Another approach focuses on building self-esteem and shifting unhelpful thinking patterns by practicing small behavioral changes and new ways of responding to setbacks.Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and try different techniques to see what fits. Together you will track progress and adjust methods based on what helps most for your particular concerns and schedule.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let you have a face-to-face conversation from anywhere. Phone sessions can work when video is not possible or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, practice between sessions, or when a quick touchpoint is needed. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to use skills in real time.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Fertility issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Mood disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
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