Anna Marasco , LCSW

Anna Marasco is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 11 years of clinical experience. She has worked extensively with people facing trauma, addiction, grief, anxiety, and depression. Anna speaks plainly and meets people where they are in the moment, inviting both the hard parts and the things that bring joy.

She takes a human-centered stance that treats coping behaviors as learned survival skills rather than fixed character flaws. Sessions focus on understanding how patterns began, what keeps them going, and what small shifts might feel possible. Anna aims to be an advocate and a steady presence as clients try new ways of handling stress and emotion.

Her background includes trauma work, dual diagnosis, complicated grief, addiction, and challenges related to neurodiversity and personality presentations. She draws from attachment-based ideas and client-centered practice to tailor each conversation to the person's current needs. Therapeutic tools may include cognitive behavioral ideas, dialectical skills, and EMDR where appropriate.

Anna adapts her approach instead of delivering a one-size-fits-all list of coping tricks. She prefers practical, down-to-earth collaboration and focuses on goals the client names. Outside of practice she also has a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing and spends free time riding her horse, Henry.

People who want a compassionate, nonjudgmental listener who will help them sort through stress, substance use, grief, or trauma may find her style fits. She works from Utah and conducts sessions in English.

Approaches adapted for online care

Anna often uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current reactions and patterns; this helps when people struggle with trust, abandonment, or repeating painful cycles. She also uses client-centered methods that focus on the person's experience and priorities, creating space for the feelings and stories the client brings. Cognitive behavioral techniques are drawn on to identify unhelpful thinking and try small behavioral experiments to reduce anxiety or manage cravings.

Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then blend methods to match those needs. That way each plan grows from the client's own priorities rather than a fixed checklist.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make therapy more flexible. Video lets people read facial cues and do deeper work, phone sessions can fit a quick check-in or when bandwidth is low, chat can be useful for short reflections, and text messaging supports ongoing brief contact between sessions. These options help therapy fit around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping the focus on progress and practical coping strategies.