Marissa Herrera, LPC

Marissa Herrera is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and identity concerns. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Her style centers on working with each person’s goals and values to find what actually helps.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) along with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and other goal-focused methods. Sessions involve noticing unhelpful thoughts, trying small behavior changes, and testing new ways of coping. Marissa likes short, doable practices clients can use between meetings to see real change.

Her background includes eight years in varied mental health settings. That experience shaped a flexible, client-directed way of working. She emphasizes collaboration - clients help set the pace and direction of care.

Marissa often supports people dealing with cultural or gender identity questions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, addiction concerns, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and life transitions. She also helps with career stress and rebuilding self-esteem after hard events.

Practical tools and clear conversations are central in sessions. Marissa blends motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques to help people clarify values and make realistic plans. The aim is steady progress, not instant perfection.

How online approaches like CBT and ACT work for you

CBT helps people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through clear, step-by-step exercises. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and problems where changing daily routines can make a difference. ACT focuses on values and willingness to accept uncomfortable feelings while moving toward what matters most. It helps when someone wants to live more in line with personal priorities despite difficult emotions.

Marissa treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. She will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust based on what helps. The client and therapist decide together which techniques to prioritize and how fast to move.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations and guided skill practice. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let clients exchange notes, get brief coaching, or check in between sessions. These options make it easier to fit sessions into work, parenting, and busy days while using CBT, ACT, EMDR, motivational interviewing, or solution-focused strategies as appropriate.