Marissa Bracco

Marissa Bracco is an LCSW in Florida with 15 years of clinical experience who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, and issues around identity and intimacy. She also works with people coping with grief, parenting strain, career stress, ADHD, and body image or eating and sleeping concerns. Marissa takes a calm, welcoming approach that aims to make it easier to start a conversation about what feels hard right now.

Her counseling style is neutral and nonjudgmental. She focuses on building rapport first so people feel heard and understood. Sessions are collaborative - goals and plans are shaped around each person’s priorities and life circumstances.

Marissa integrates client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral therapy and uses mindfulness practices when helpful. She adapts tools to match what a person needs, whether that means skill-building for anxiety, practical steps for coping with life changes, or trauma-informed support after difficult experiences.

Her background includes many years working in school settings and with children and families, as well as supporting people diagnosed with ADHD, autism, depression, and mood disorders. She has experience helping people facing financial strain, adjustment issues, and caregiving challenges.

Marissa describes her work as a partnership. She aims to create a calm space for people to try new ways of coping and to set realistic, personalized goals. She welcomes questions about how therapy might fit into someone’s day-to-day life.

Approaches that guide online work and goal setting

Client-centered therapy centers the person’s own goals and preferences. It focuses on listening, reflecting, and shaping a plan that fits the client’s life and concerns, which is useful for relationship, self-esteem, and parenting issues.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and then practices concrete steps to change them. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress management because it breaks problems into manageable skills and actions.

Mindfulness Therapy introduces simple awareness and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus. These techniques can support coping with trauma symptoms, emotion regulation, and daily stress.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try different tools, and adjust methods based on what works. Clients and the therapist decide together whether to emphasize skills practice, reflective work, or brief solution-focused steps.

The original biography does not specify which session formats are offered online. Please confirm the current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a workday, or avoiding the need to be on camera when that helps a person focus.