Marissa Walia, MSW

Marissa provides compassionate, collaborative virtual therapy for individuals, couples, and families throughout Virginia, supporting clients as they navigate anxiety, OCD, ADHD, emotional regulation, anger, attachment concerns, and relationship or family conflict.

Marissa works with clients experiencing a wide range of life challenges, including anxiety and stress, obsessive-compulsive patterns, ADHD-related difficulties, emotional regulation, relationship concerns, family conflict, parenting challenges, and major life transitions. She also supports clients exploring identity, purpose, self-acceptance, and LGBTQ+ related concerns, including gender identity and gender transition support. Her goal is to create a welcoming, nonjudgmental therapeutic environment where clients can explore what is happening beneath the surface while developing practical tools for meaningful change.

Her therapeutic approach integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and psychodynamic-informed therapy within a strengths-based, person-centered framework. Marissa helps clients better understand the thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and relationship patterns that may be contributing to current challenges. Together, they work toward increased self-awareness, emotional regulation, effective communication, healthier boundaries, and more fulfilling relationships.

For clients experiencing relationship or family difficulties, Marissa emphasizes communication skills, conflict resolution, attachment patterns, and emotional connection. She also helps individuals develop greater clarity around their values, identity, goals, and sense of purpose. Her approach balances practical coping strategies with deeper exploration, allowing therapy to address both immediate concerns and the underlying patterns that may be keeping clients stuck.

Marissa believes therapy is most effective when clients feel genuinely heard, respected, and empowered in the process. She meets each person where they are and works collaboratively to build greater self-understanding, resilience, emotional well-being, and healthier relational patterns.

Marissa provides virtual therapy to individuals, couples, and families across Virginia, offering accessible and supportive mental health care from the comfort and privacy of home.