Marissa Bracco, LCSW

Marissa Bracco is an LCSW with 15 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, stress, relationship and family strains, and challenges like ADHD, grief, and parenting concerns. Her tone is calm and welcoming, and she focuses on building rapport so people feel heard from the start.

She spent much of her career working in schools and with children and families, so she is familiar with developmental and adjustment issues. She has supported people coping with mood disorders, autism spectrum concerns, OCD, oppositional behaviors, and the fallout of financial or life changes. That background informs how she tailors practical strategies for everyday life.

Marissa blends cognitive behavioral therapy with a client-centered style and draws on mindfulness and solution-focused ideas when useful. Sessions emphasize clear steps and simple exercises people can try between meetings. Goals and treatment plans are created together and adjusted to meet changing needs.

Her approach aims to be nonjudgmental and neutral. She tries to make sessions feel like a steady place to talk through worries, practice new skills, and notice progress. Marissa encourages small, manageable changes that add up over time.

If someone is juggling work, family, or health stressors, she focuses on practical coping tools. That can include communication skills, problem-solving, sleep and eating supports, and ways to rebuild trust and intimacy. The plan is always tailored to the concerns the person brings to therapy.

Using CBT, Client-Centered Work, and Mindfulness Online

Marissa often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT sessions focus on concrete steps, thought tracking, and practical exercises aimed at changing patterns that feed anxiety, depression, or stress.

She also practices client-centered therapy, which means conversations are guided by the person's concerns and priorities. This approach emphasizes listening, empathy, and letting the person's goals shape the plan. Mindfulness therapy is used as a tool to build awareness and reduce reactivity through short exercises that can be practiced between sessions.

Choosing the best approach is part of the work together. Marissa will help explore which methods match a person's needs, goals, and preferences, and will adjust the plan as progress and feedback come in. That collaborative process helps make sure sessions feel useful and focused.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to improve flexibility. Video lets visual cues guide conversations, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a quicker check-in, and messaging supports ongoing contact and short updates. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep momentum between meetings.