Marisa Esparza, LPC
Support for stress, identity, and daily challenges
Details
| Name | Marisa Esparza |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPC |
| Based in | Texas |
| Licensed in | Texas |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 10 |
About Marisa
Marisa Esparza is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, mood concerns, and identity-related struggles. She draws on a decade of clinical experience to offer calm, direct support for everyday problems. She is comfortable talking with people about addiction, ADHD, trauma, and relationship or intimacy-related issues.
Marisa uses approaches such as Narrative Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), attachment-focused work, client-centered techniques, and cognitive behavioral strategies.
Background and approach
In sessions she helps people tell their stories differently, notice patterns that get in the way, and try practical steps that change daily life. She emphasizes collaborative goal-setting and learning skills that can be practiced between meetings. Her clinical background includes roles in inpatient and outpatient settings, program management for adolescent and adult services, and time on an Assertive Community Treatment team.
Those roles involved risk assessment, coordinating community supports, and running groups as well as individual work. That experience shaped how she manages crises and supports people through big transitions. Marisa has a Master of Education in Mental Health Counseling and a Bachelor of Education, both from the University of Texas at El Paso.
She draws on work with children, adolescents, young adults, military-connected clients, and seniors to inform treatment choices. She advocates for LGBTQIA people and supports youth exploring identity while helping families understand differing perspectives. Sessions are offered in English and are available to international clients.
Therapy can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and routines.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Parenting issues, Anger management among the things Marisa works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Marisa among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Marisa among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Marisa among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Marisa among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Marisa among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Marisa among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Marisa among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Marisa among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Marisa among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Marisa among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Marisa among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Marisa among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Marisa directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Marisa directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How Marisa’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Marisa brings Narrative Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) into online sessions. Narrative Therapy helps people examine the stories they tell about themselves and rewrite those narratives in ways that reduce shame and open new choices. ACT focuses on values and small behavioral steps so people can move toward a life they want, even when uncomfortable feelings remain.She also uses Attachment-Based ideas and client-centered techniques to create a steady, empathetic space. Attachment work looks at how past relationships influence current patterns, while client-centered approaches prioritize the person’s perspective and pace. Together these methods aim to be practical and collaborative; the therapist and client decide which tools fit the goals and try them out in real life between sessions.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for richer conversation and visual cues, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat can support quick check-ins or skill practice. These options make it possible to fit therapy around work, school, caregiving, and travel while keeping the focus on meaningful progress.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns does Marisa work with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, addictions, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping problems, self-esteem, career concerns, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style blends narrative approaches with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-focused thinking, client-centered support, and cognitive behavioral tools. She aims to help people reframe their stories and practice concrete skills that change day-to-day functioning.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has ten years of clinical experience working in inpatient and outpatient settings, program management roles, and community treatment teams, including work with adolescents, adults, military-connected clients, and seniors.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds a Texas Licensed Professional Counselor credential (LPC) and is located in Texas.
Which languages are supported for therapy?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and communication preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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