Marissa Katz Bellani, LMHC

Marissa Katz Bellani is an MA, Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Hawaii with eight years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationships, grief, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, self-esteem concerns, bipolar disorder, and life transitions. She also pays attention to codependency and attachment issues when these show up in someone's life.

Marissa uses practical talk therapy alongside creative approaches from her training in music therapy and expressive arts. Sessions are conversational and interactive. She helps people notice patterns - such as people-pleasing or losing themselves in a relationship - and practice small changes that feel doable.

Her work draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people clarify values, name unhelpful thoughts, and try different behaviors. She also uses client-centered techniques that follow a person's pace. For relationship concerns she brings elements of the Gottman Method when helpful.

In sessions she focuses on concrete skills: boundary setting, communication strategies, managing anxiety, and coping with grief or chronic illness. She can also support people processing family of origin issues, caregiving stress, or isolation and loneliness.

Marissa accepts international clients and offers services in English. Before booking, readers should confirm current session options and how scheduling works for their time zone.

How her approaches translate to online sessions