About Clarissa
Clarissa Wadley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, family conflict, trauma and depression. She uses a practical, person-centered way of working that treats each person as the expert on their own life.
Clarissa aims to make the first step feel doable, and she offers steady support while clients try new ways of coping and healing. With seven years of professional experience, Clarissa draws on straightforward, evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address difficult moments.
Background and approach
She helps people who are coping with life changes and those dealing with long-standing patterns like attachment wounds or codependency. Sessions concentrate on clear goals, learning new skills, and making small changes that add up over time. Clarissa also works with people facing caregiver stress, avoidance or control issues, and painful feelings like guilt and shame.
She supports folks struggling with loneliness, social anxiety, and questions about life purpose. She pays attention to how prejudice and discrimination can affect mental health and daily life. Her practice includes flexible session formats so people can choose what fits their routine.
Clarissa explains steps simply and partners with clients to create realistic plans between sessions. She aims to help people build more self-compassion and practical tools for handling tough days. Licensed in Pennsylvania as LCSW CW021755, Clarissa conducts therapy in English and focuses on steady, collaborative work toward clearer thinking and stronger coping skills.
How Clarissa Adapts Therapy to Online Care
Clarissa draws on evidence-based techniques that focus on skills and real-life practice. One approach she uses emphasizes practical coping skills for anxiety and stress, teaching breathing, grounding, and problem-solving steps to handle acute moments. Another approach concentrates on understanding attachment and relationship patterns to reduce loneliness, codependency, and communication problems by identifying patterns and trying new interaction habits.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Clarissa will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals and preferences. She checks in regularly about what is helping and adjusts plans so the work feels useful and manageable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use facial cues and a fuller conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging allow for shorter check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, and flexibility around busy schedules. These options aim to make starting and continuing therapy easier to fit into everyday life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English