Marisa Chiuchiolo
Compassionate, practical support for family challenges
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Format
- Online sessions
About Marisa
Marisa Chiuchiolo is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood, or problems with relationships and family life. She pays attention to each person’s goals and worries and aims to create a respectful, compassionate space. Her style is practical and straightforward, focusing on small changes that make daily life easier.
With five years of professional experience, Marisa tailors conversation and treatment to the individual.
Background and approach
She listens for what matters most and works with clients to set clear, manageable steps. Therapy sessions are meant to feel collaborative rather than prescriptive. Her work covers areas such as self-esteem, motivation, and confidence, along with mood challenges like depression.
Additional areas she addresses include attachment and abandonment concerns, caregiver stress, chronic illness or pain, and problems with communication or control. Marisa also supports people dealing with divorce or separation, guilt and shame, forgiveness, impulsivity, isolation, and questions about life purpose or midlife transitions. She brings a calm, steady presence when addressing money stress and other practical life pressures.
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish and are conducted with the goal of helping clients feel more capable and clear about their next steps. Marisa frames each plan around specific needs and helps clients move at a pace that feels right for them.
Therapeutic Techniques for Family and Parenting Challenges Online
Marisa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that are easy to understand and apply. One common method focuses on practical skills for managing anxiety and stress - teaching short, repeatable breathing and thinking strategies that reduce worry and improve daily functioning. This approach helps when anxious thoughts or tension get in the way of family life.Another frequent technique centers on improving communication and repairing relationships. It involves identifying patterns that cause conflict, practicing clearer ways to express needs, and trying small behavioral changes that change how people interact. This work is useful for family stress, separation issues, and problems rooted in attachment or forgiveness.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Marisa works together with each client to decide which methods fit their situation, goals, and comfort level. She checks in and adjusts the plan as progress is made so the work stays relevant and doable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make scheduling easier around family commitments and health needs, and they allow people to keep therapy going from home or while traveling. The range of formats supports flexible, ongoing contact and quick check-ins between longer sessions when needed.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish
Next step
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- Stop at any point