About Marisa
Marisa Esparza helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, or changes in mood. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC based in Texas with ten years of clinical experience. Marisa works with individuals facing concerns like ADHD, addictions, relationship strain, trauma, and self-esteem struggles.
She uses straightforward, practical methods in sessions. Marisa draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Attachment-Based work to help people build useful skills and new perspectives.
How Marisa works
Sessions focus on concrete steps clients can try between meetings and clear goals for progress. Marisa spent much of her career in hospital and community settings. She has managed inpatient and outpatient programs, led group therapy, completed psychological and risk assessments, and coordinated care with medical staff.
That background supports her ability to plan for safety and crisis needs when required. Early in her career she provided psychiatric rehabilitative skills in home and community settings and learned to connect clients with social and medical resources. Her training included significant work with children, adolescents, adults, military, and older adults during internships and staff roles.
She describes herself as an advocate for LGBTQIA people and enjoys supporting young people exploring identity while also helping parents and caregivers navigate conflicts and communication gaps. Marisa aims to create a respectful space where people can learn coping tools and move toward more stable daily functioning.
Marisa lists 13 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
What Marisa works with
The areas below are the ones Marisa selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches that translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then commit to actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress when someone wants clearer direction and practical steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches skills to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and change behaviors that keep problems going, which helps with mood, sleep, and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based work looks at how early relationships shape current connections and communication, and it can help with intimacy-related issues and patterns of relating to others.Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before, then try methods that fit those needs. Adjustments are made as therapy progresses so the plan stays relevant to the client's life and aims.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone calls work when bandwidth is limited or for a simpler check-in, and chat or messaging can fit into a busy day or let someone reflect in writing. These formats make it easier to get consistent support across different schedules and locations, and they allow licensed professionals to provide ongoing skills practice and problem-solving without requiring travel.
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