Marisa Esparza, LPC
Texas · 10 years in practice
Marisa Esparza is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who helps people facing stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, anger, and mood concerns.
License and registration
- LPC, Texas
- 81589 · expires April 2028
- NPI
- 1508509563 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Marisa
Marisa Esparza is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who helps people facing stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, anger, and mood concerns. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps families and individuals can use to feel safer and more stable each day. She draws on about ten years of experience in hospitals, outpatient programs, and community teams.
That background includes work on inpatient units, managing programs for adolescents and adults, and providing crisis assessment and stabilization.
Background and approach
Those roles shaped her ability to respond calmly during high-stress moments and to coordinate care with medical staff and support services. Marisa uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people notice and shift the emotions that get in the way of closer, more trusting connections.
She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Her earlier roles included providing psychiatric rehabilitative skills in the community, running group sessions, conducting assessments, and assisting with safety planning.
That hands-on work gave her practical tools for teaching coping skills, de-escalation techniques, and relapse prevention strategies. Marisa is an advocate for LGBTQIA people and often supports young people exploring identity and parents learning how to respond. She accepts international clients and offers sessions in English through video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
To begin, users complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on the therapist’s availability.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Marisa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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 Marisa names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify the underlying emotions that drive their reactions and then practice new ways of responding to those feelings; it is useful for improving emotional connection and reducing reactivity. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy teaches skills to notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, and to take actions aligned with personal values, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors through practical exercises and homework that build new habits.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and daily life to choose and adapt methods that fit. This is a collaborative process where options are tried and adjusted based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and guided exercises, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and messaging works well for ongoing reflections between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules, manage urgent check-ins, and continue care when travel or location would otherwise be a barrier.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Marisa address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, anger, depression, ADHD, addictions, trauma, self-esteem, sleep and eating problems, and related issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is collaborative and straightforward, using Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to teach skills and shift emotional patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She has about 10 years of clinical experience working in inpatient units, outpatient programs, and community mental health teams.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Texas and provides services from that state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English, and she also accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is provided via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
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?
Start by clicking the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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