Our hope is to provide a place to help our clients achieve their life goals, explore life-circumstances, move through difficult life transitions.
Our hope is to provide a place to help our clients achieve their life goals, explore life-circumstances, move through difficult life transitions.
Marisa tailors our therapy approaches to meet our clients needs.
Explore thoughts and experiences behind important feelings as well as effective and lasting strategies that will help better manage worries and moods. We will regularly assess symptoms to assure that our work is making a positive difference.
Explore thoughts and experiences behind important feelings as well as effective and lasting strategies that will help better manage worries and moods. We will regularly assess symptoms to assure that our work is making a positive difference.
I primarily use behavioral and cognitive methods that have clear scientific support for their effectiveness and efficiency. My methods are active, directive, and educative; I aim at solving the problems that the client faces here and now.
Work to reduce your experience of depression and anxiety as we explore impactful dynamics such as your upbringing, relationship issues, experienced trauma, day to day stress, and heart-breaking loss. Together we will navigate the messiness of life.
Work to reduce your experience of depression and anxiety as we explore impactful dynamics such as your upbringing, relationship issues, experienced trauma, day to day stress, and heart-breaking loss. Together we will navigate the messiness of life.
Every session is centered around you and your needs. I utilize both top down and bottom up therapeutic approaches to support you in processing, learning, connecting, and cultivating intention for your short-term and long-term goals.
start with a thoughtful, comprehensive diagnostic process to make sure we understand your experience. We'll then select a treatment approach, and gently but strategically dismantle OCD, PTSD, insomnia, skin-picking, etc--all from the comfort of home.
start with a thoughtful, comprehensive diagnostic process to make sure we understand your experience. We'll then select a treatment approach, and gently but strategically dismantle OCD, PTSD, insomnia, skin-picking, etc--all from the comfort of home.
I specialize in offering new, evidence-based treatment options for OCD and related and co-occuring conditions that are more gentle and affirming than traditional approaches. These are friendly for neurodivergent folks and those with a trauma history.
We will explore the narratives that you hold about yourself and life. We will create a shared space of safety and will work to connect authentically to emotions. We will reflect on how life's experiences and systems impact understanding and healing.
We will explore the narratives that you hold about yourself and life. We will create a shared space of safety and will work to connect authentically to emotions. We will reflect on how life's experiences and systems impact understanding and healing.
I use games and storytelling to help build understanding, confidence, and connection. I offer culturally-humble care, providing individual therapy specialized in trauma work, and in therapeutically-applied role-playing game group therapy.