Therapist profile
Clarissa Wadley, LCSW
Pennsylvania
LCSW - Anxiety and Life Changes
Continue with ClarissaWhere Clarissa stands
- Credentials
- LCSW
- License
- LCSW, Pennsylvania / CW021755
- NPI
- 1629659297
- Experience
- 7 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Pennsylvania
About
- Stress and anxiety
- Family conflict
- Codependency concerns
About Clarissa
Clarissa Wadley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Pennsylvania with seven years of clinical experience. She works with adults who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, trauma or family conflict. She also helps people who are managing big life changes.
Clarissa treats each person as the expert on their own life. She looks for strengths a person already has and builds on them. Sessions focus on practical steps a person can try between meetings as well as talking through what keeps them stuck.
Many people come to her with worries about abandonment, attachment, codependency, or trouble saying no. She also supports those coping with caregiver stress, isolation, social anxiety, guilt or shame, and issues tied to identity and discrimination. Conversations are direct and concrete, aimed at clearer thinking and steadier responses to triggers.
Her work includes helping people sort communication problems, control issues, and relationship patterns that repeat. She offers tools to manage seasonal lows and to reconnect with a sense of purpose or self-love. Clarissa pays attention to what practical changes could improve day-to-day life.
Before booking, readers should confirm current session options and formats. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session through the provided online options.
How sessions work
How evidence-based work translates to online sessions
Clarissa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on changing unhelpful patterns and strengthening coping skills. One common approach helps people identify and adjust thinking and behavior patterns that feed anxiety and depression, offering practical experiments to try outside sessions. Another approach focuses on attachment and relationship patterns, helping people notice how past hurts shape current responses and practice different ways of relating.Finding the right approach is collaborative. Clarissa will talk with each client about what feels most relevant and will adjust methods as goals and needs become clearer. The client and therapist decide together which techniques to prioritize and how to pace the work.
Confirm current session options before booking because specific formats are not listed in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by reducing travel time or allowing a shorter check-in during a lunch break. It can also let people choose a quieter or simpler setup on days they need it. Licensed professionals can adapt tools and homework to suit a client’s daily routine so therapy can be useful between sessions.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and family conflict. Additional areas include codependency, attachment issues, caregiver stress, and social anxiety.
What is her style in sessions?
She treats clients as the expert of their story and focuses on practical steps. Sessions combine talking through problems with tools to try between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has seven years of professional work experience as a practicing clinician.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker licensed in Pennsylvania.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions scheduled and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.