About Marissa
Marissa Belanger is a licensed independent clinical social worker, LICSW, practicing in Massachusetts with nine years of hands-on experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, regain confidence, and cope with life changes. Her manner is calm and direct, offering steady support when emotions feel overwhelming.
Marissa builds a warm, nonjudgmental space where clients can speak openly about what’s hard. She listens closely and helps people name what they’re feeling.
How Marissa works
Sessions aim to make feelings easier to handle and decisions clearer. Her work often centers on parenting struggles, relationship and family concerns, grief, and mood challenges such as depression and ADHD-related stress. She also addresses control issues, fertility-related emotional strain, guilt and shame, and matters tied to self-love and women’s issues.
The focus is practical - finding steps that fit each person’s life. Marissa’s approach is tailored to the individual. She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques chosen to match a person’s needs and goals.
Together they set realistic steps to build resilience and improve everyday functioning. People who come to Marissa can expect collaborative sessions that balance listening with actionable strategies. She aims to help clients move through transitions with more clarity, confidence, and emotional steadiness.
What Marissa works with
The areas below are the ones Marissa selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Fertility issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Mood disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Massachusetts |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Marissa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One common approach she draws on helps people learn concrete skills to manage anxiety and stress, such as breathing strategies, pacing tasks, and planning small steps to reduce overwhelm. Another method emphasizes exploring patterns in mood and behavior to identify what keeps difficult feelings going, then testing new ways of responding to improve day-to-day functioning.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Marissa works with each person to decide which techniques make sense for their goals and preferences. Together they track what’s helping and adjust the plan as needed so therapy stays useful and relevant.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video is helpful for in-depth conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins between sessions or when typing feels easier. These options help people make therapy work with busy schedules and changing needs.
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