Marisa Esparza

Marisa Esparza is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas who helps people manage stress, sleep problems, anxiety, and parenting challenges. She talks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can take to feel steadier day to day. She also supports concerns such as depression, ADHD, addiction, LGBTQ issues, relationship and intimacy concerns, and coping with life changes.

Marisa earned a Master of Education in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2015 and a Bachelor of Education there in 2011. Over the last decade she has worked in inpatient and outpatient settings that included children, adolescents, adults, military populations, and seniors. Those roles included program management for inpatient units and outpatient groups, and hands-on community work with assertive treatment teams.

In those jobs she conducted psychological and risk assessments, coordinated with medical staff, ran daily groups, and led family sessions. She has experience deescalating crisis situations and helping teams plan safe transitions back to the community. She also provided psychiatric rehabilitative skills training in people’s homes and community settings.

Her style blends evidence-informed methods like cognitive behavioral work, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-focused listening, and skills-based approaches from dialectical behavior therapy. She prioritizes clear communication and helping parents and young people bridge differences in perspective.

Marisa describes herself as an LGBTQIA advocate who enjoys working with adolescents and young adults. People who want a straightforward, practical counselor who has hospital and community experience may find her approach fits their needs.

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