Marissa Bracco, LCSW

Marissa Bracco is an LCSW with 15 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and relationship and intimacy concerns. She also supports those dealing with grief, parenting strain, eating and sleeping struggles, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Her manner is calm and welcoming to make it easier to begin difficult conversations.

She describes her approach as client-centered, which means she focuses on each person’s goals and strengths. She often combines this with cognitive behavioral tools to address unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. She brings mindfulness practices into sessions when they fit a person's needs.

Marissa spent much of her time working in school settings and alongside families. That background has given her experience with depression, anxiety, ADHD, autism, obsessive-compulsive and mood-related conditions, and adjustment after big life changes. She has also supported people through financial hardship and the effects of trauma.

In sessions she aims to build rapport quickly and keep a neutral, nonjudgmental tone. Treatment plans are created together and tailored to the issues a person wants to work on. Practical skills and short-term strategies are used alongside longer-term work when appropriate.

She encourages people to acknowledge the first step toward help and approaches therapy as a collaborative journey. Clients set goals and move at a pace that fits their situation.

How Marissa’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s goals and strengths. In practice that means sessions start by identifying what matters most to the client and then shaping work around those priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect feelings and teaches concrete skills for changing those patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and many everyday struggles.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with the client to decide which methods fit best based on goals, preferences, and how issues show up day to day. Plans are adjusted as progress is made so the approach stays practical and relevant.

Confirm the available online session options before booking, as formats are not listed in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when that suits a client. It can also let people use mindfulness exercises, CBT worksheets, and skill practice between meetings to keep momentum going.