About Marissa
Marissa Raskin is a licensed mental health counselor practicing in New York with over 10 years of experience. She brings a calm, direct approach to sessions and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. She often helps with anxiety, stress, addiction, trauma, depression, and related concerns.
Marissa trained in psychology and forensic mental health counseling and uses that background to understand complex situations. She listens first, then helps set clear goals.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what matters most to the individual and on small changes that add up. Her style is warm and nonjudgmental. She avoids stigmatizing labels and treats people with respect and sensitivity.
Conversations are collaborative; the person in therapy helps shape each plan. She draws on several practical approaches. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to spot unhelpful thinking and build new habits.
Mindfulness practices help reduce tension and improve focus. Motivational interviewing supports people who want change but feel unsure where to start. Marissa is comfortable talking about relationship strain, parenting stress, workplace pressure, grief, and LGBT concerns among other topics.
She also assists with life transitions, coping skills, and relapse prevention for substance issues. People who prefer straightforward guidance with empathy often find her approach useful. Sessions aim to be manageable and actionable so progress can carry into daily life.
How Marissa’s Approaches Work Online
Marissa uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice patterns of thinking that increase anxiety or stress and then try new behaviors to feel better. CBT is practical and helps with panic attacks, social anxiety, mood shifts, and workplace stress.She also uses mindfulness therapy to teach simple attention and breathing exercises. Mindfulness can reduce reactivity and improve concentration during busy or overwhelming days. Motivational interviewing is another tool she applies to support people who feel stuck and want to make a change but are unsure where to begin.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Marissa will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then tailor strategies that fit their life. The plan can shift over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversations and exercises, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, chat and text are helpful for quick check-ins or brief coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family time, or other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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