About Maurissa
Maurissa McCulloch is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 12 years of experience based in South Carolina. She helps people who are struggling with stress and anxiety, LGBT concerns, intimacy-related issues, parenting challenges, and coping with life changes. She frames the work as a partnership and respects each person's knowledge of their own story.
She approaches sessions with a calm, straightforward style. Conversations focus on practical steps that can be tried between sessions.
Background and approach
She listens for patterns around attachment, guilt and shame, and self-worth, then helps people practice new ways of responding. Maurissa draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to build skills for handling hard moments. She supports exploration of sexuality, life purpose, and women's issues when those topics come up.
Sessions are tailored to each person’s goals and pace. People can expect a down-to-earth therapist who validates their experience while offering tools to manage anxiety and stress. She treats intimacy struggles and parenting concerns with attention to feelings and to real-life routines that can change how days feel.
Her work balances gentle challenge with practical guidance. Maurissa encourages small, steady steps and celebrates progress along the way. She aims to help people move toward greater self-love and clearer sense of direction.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online therapy
Maurissa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and understanding. One common approach helps people learn practical coping skills for anxiety and stress, such as breathing exercises, grounding techniques, and behavioral steps to reduce worry. These are taught and practiced in sessions and applied between appointments.Another approach looks at attachment and intimacy patterns to understand relationship struggles and feelings of shame or guilt. This work involves noticing patterns, trying new ways of relating, and building self-compassion to change how people respond in close relationships.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Maurissa works collaboratively to identify goals and then tests which methods feel most helpful. She adjusts the plan over time based on progress and feedback so the work fits each person's needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy lives or limited local options. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a shorter check-in or an option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into a work break or to send quick updates between sessions. These formats make regular contact and gradual change more achievable for many people.
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Also listed
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
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