Marissa Shennan , LMFT

Marissa Shennan is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who brings a collaborative and compassionate approach to clinical work. With three years of professional experience, she supports people facing stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, trauma, depression, addiction, grief, parenting concerns, and related issues such as attachment and abandonment. Marissa combines practical strategies with an empathic stance to help clients move toward clearer goals and healthier patterns.

She draws from a range of evidence-informed approaches, including attachment-based work, cognitive behavioral techniques, emotionally focused interventions, and EMDR, tailoring methods to each person’s needs. Marissa aims to help clients understand how past experiences shape present relationships and coping styles while offering concrete tools to manage symptoms and improve communication, intimacy, and self-esteem.

Marissa approaches therapy as a partnership - she works with each person to set priorities, plan steps for change, and adjust the approach as progress unfolds. She offers appointments through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexible options for different schedules and comfort levels. Her style is straightforward, warm, and goal-oriented, focused on helping people make meaningful, lasting change.

Therapeutic Approaches and Virtual Care

Marissa uses a mix of approaches tailored to each person’s situation. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships influence current bonds and emotional patterns - it can be helpful for those struggling with intimacy, abandonment, or recurring relationship cycles. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and coping with life transitions. EMDR is a trauma-focused method that supports processing distressing memories and reducing their emotional impact, which can be useful for people with trauma-related symptoms.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process. Marissa works collaboratively with clients to assess needs, try approaches that fit their goals and preferences, and adjust methods over time so the plan aligns with progress and changing priorities.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging allow people to access licensed professionals from wherever they are, fit care into busy schedules, and choose the format that feels most comfortable. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and to use therapy in ways that integrate with daily life.