About Marissa
Marissa Patti-Marshall is a Licensed Independent Social Worker-Clinical Practice (LISW-CP) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in North Carolina. She brings six years of clinical experience and a calm, practical approach to helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, and parenting challenges. Her work focuses on listening first.
She creates a respectful space where people can say what is on their mind and feel heard. From there she helps people set small, realistic goals and build on their strengths.
How Marissa works
Marissa blends client-centered care with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and solution-focused strategies. That means sessions often include talking through patterns of thinking, trying new ways of handling problems, and identifying concrete steps to reach short-term goals. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Motivational Interviewing when those methods fit a person’s needs.
She has experience supporting people during major life changes and with concerns such as grief, anger, relationship and family problems, and career stress. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, attachment issues, autism and Asperger Syndrome, and caregiver stress. Sessions can address panic attacks, body image, self-esteem, forgiveness work, and challenges tied to intellectual disability.
Marissa aims to highlight existing strengths while helping people develop practical skills for coping and growth. People who choose to work with her can expect straightforward, respectful sessions that emphasize what matters to them and clear next steps.
Marissa lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
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
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intellectual disability
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LISW-CP, LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
Practical approaches for online therapy and skill building
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person’s experience. The therapist follows the person’s lead, reflects concerns, and helps them name goals and priorities. This approach is useful when someone needs a supportive space to sort through feelings and choices.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Sessions often include identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying concrete behavior changes to reduce anxiety, depression, or panic attacks. CBT works well for people who want tools they can practice between sessions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches specific skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving communication. It can help people who struggle with intense emotions or recurring conflicts by offering step-by-step techniques to handle strong feelings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through options and tailor methods to a person’s needs, goals, and preferences so the plan feels realistic and doable.
Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper discussion, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and varied schedules.
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