Marissa Patti-Marshall, LISW-CP, LCSW

Marissa Patti-Marshall is a Licensed Independent Social Worker-Clinical Practice (LISW-CP) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with six years of clinical experience in North Carolina. She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship concerns. Her tone is warm and direct, aimed at people who want straightforward help for everyday life struggles.

Marissa uses a client-centered approach so people feel heard and respected in sessions. She also blends cognitive behavioral methods and solution-focused strategies to tackle unhelpful thoughts and to set practical goals. Sessions emphasize building on strengths and learning small skills that make day-to-day life easier.

Her background includes work with people facing homelessness, addiction, and major life transitions. That experience informs a practical outlook in therapy, where the emphasis is on what can change now. She pays attention to parenting stress, family problems, grief, and anger, and helps people find ways to cope that fit their situation.

Marissa also addresses adoption and foster care concerns, attachment issues, autism and Asperger Syndrome-related challenges, body image, caregiver stress, and communication problems. She combines goal-oriented tools with a listening style that keeps the person’s values central.

Taking a first step can feel hard. Marissa aims to make the process clear and manageable, helping people set realistic steps toward feeling more resilient and connected.

How Marissa’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Marissa uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy as core parts of her approach. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, validation, and building a trusting relationship so people can speak openly. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify thinking patterns that contribute to anxiety or low mood and teaches practical skills to change those patterns.

She also uses solution-focused elements to set clear, achievable goals and to track small steps forward. These strategies are useful for common concerns like stress, parenting strain, grief, and relationship difficulties because they emphasize concrete tools and measurable progress.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Marissa will collaborate with each person to decide what feels most helpful based on needs, goals, and personal preferences. That means trying methods, checking how they feel, and adjusting the plan together.

Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since specific formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins on a workday. If you want to know which session types are available for scheduling, confirm the options during the sign-up process.