About Marissa
Marissa Cox is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in North Carolina who helps people handle anxiety and related stress. She offers a calm, respectful approach and focuses on practical steps people can use day to day. She uses straightforward conversations to identify what is most distressing and to build small, manageable changes.
Sessions often include problem-solving, skill practice, and clear plans people can try between meetings. Marissa aims to avoid labels and instead focuses on what a person wants to change.
Background and approach
Her approach is warm and interactive. She listens closely and adapts the conversation and goals to each person's situation. That can mean working on self-esteem, communication problems, or parenting strain in ways that fit a person's life.
Marissa has seven years of experience as a practicing clinician and holds an LCSW credential in North Carolina. She has supported people with ADHD, relationship difficulties, career questions, and coping with life changes. Her work also covers topics such as guilt and shame, social anxiety and phobia, and divorce or separation.
Many sessions focus on building skills for handling intense moments and reducing worry. Marissa also incorporates coaching-style work when people want clear steps toward life purpose, self-love, or career goals. She helps people set realistic goals and track progress over time.
CBT-informed care and flexible online options
Marissa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and test them with small experiments. CBT is practical and skill-focused and often helps with anxiety, social fears, and coping when life feels overwhelming.Sessions center on clear goals and step-by-step plans. Marissa works collaboratively to choose approaches that fit a person's needs and preferences, adjusting techniques as progress is made. Finding the right method is part of the work together rather than a single one-size-fits-all prescription.
Online therapy here is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging to provide options that fit different schedules and situations. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people share thoughts between meetings. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent and to practice skills in daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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