Anna Marasco

Anna Marasco is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 11 years of experience in trauma, dual diagnosis, and addiction work. She practices in Utah and helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and substance concerns. She also lists focus areas such as attachment issues, abandonment, body image, caregiver stress, and dissociation.

Anna uses a client-centered, humanistic stance. She explains behaviors like substance use or self-harm as learned survival skills rather than identity. Sessions are conversational and practical. She invites honest discussion of hard material as well as strengths and joys.

She adapts how she works to the person in front of her rather than following a script. That can mean looking at learned coping patterns, practicing concrete skills from cognitive behavioral therapy, or using attachment-based ideas to understand relationship patterns. She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy and EMDR when those approaches fit the goals discussed in session.

Anna describes herself as an advocate who supports people as they set and pursue their own goals. She uses plain language and avoids platitudes. Expect direct, respectful dialogue that names what’s happening and looks at next steps you can try between sessions.

Outside of clinical work she holds a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing and rides horses. That background influences how she pays attention to stories people tell about themselves and what they want next.

How therapeutic approaches shape online sessions

Anna often blends attachment-based ideas with cognitive behavioral strategies. Attachment-based work looks at patterns in close relationships and helps identify how past relationships affect present reactions. CBT examines thoughts and behaviors and offers concrete exercises to try between sessions to reduce anxiety or shift unhelpful patterns.

She may also draw on dialectical behavior therapy skills for emotional regulation and distress tolerance; those techniques teach straightforward tools for managing strong feelings and improving communication. Together these approaches give a mix of understanding why things happen and practical actions to change small habits over time.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust plans together based on what helps. Clients guide which ideas feel most useful and how quickly to move between strategies.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, require less travel, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Those practical benefits can help people maintain continuity while they address stress, trauma, or questions about life purpose.