About Marissa
Marissa Carlani is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She focuses on depression, grief, relationship and family concerns. Marissa aims to make therapy straightforward and useful for everyday life.
She creates a calm, non-judgmental space where clients can talk through feelings and set simple goals. Sessions emphasize clearer communication, self-compassion, and practical steps to reduce overwhelm. Marissa supports people working on self-love, coping after loss, and getting through big life changes.
Background and approach
Her approach draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address social anxiety, workplace stress, and problems with connection. She helps clients break down patterns like codependency and commitment hesitation into manageable parts. That makes it easier to try new ways of relating and behaving.
Marissa also assists with blended family challenges, caregiving stress, and separation or divorce concerns. She offers tools for handling guilt, shame, and past hurts so clients can move forward. Smoking and vaping cessation, along with building healthier habits, are also within her focus.
Therapy is offered in multiple online formats to fit different schedules. Marissa combines practical skill-building with a supportive stance so people feel heard while they try new strategies. Her goal is steady progress toward clearer goals and more satisfying relationships.
Approaches and online options for anxiety and stress
Marissa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One approach emphasizes skills for managing anxious thoughts and reactions, teaching breathing, grounding, and behavior shifts to reduce panic and worry. Another approach concentrates on improving communication and relationship patterns, helping people name needs, set boundaries, and handle conflict more effectively.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will collaborate with each person to identify which techniques fit their goals and preferences, and adjust methods as progress is made. Clients and therapist decide on priorities and pace in each session.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for people juggling busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when interaction and visual cues matter. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a short break. Live chat and text-based messaging give a flexible way to check in between appointments or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to maintain continuity of care and try strategies in real time.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
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- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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