Marissa Moore, LMHC

Marissa Moore specializes in couples therapy. Couples work focuses on lack of communication, loss of connection and intimacy issues. Marissa Moore also works with individuals struggling with depression, anxiety, and relationship issues. Her work with families focuses on communication issues, transitions (i.e. divorce, arrival of a new sibling), self-esteem, difficulty regulating emotions and behavioral issues at home and at school.

As a new parent raising a child in the middle of a pandemic Marissa is attuned to the unique struggles of navigating motherhood and co-parenting. She supports new mothers and parents in making sense of this transition.

Marissa Moore actively seeks to continue enrichment and personal development through her participation in trainings, conferences an Ackerman Institute and Positive Psychology training. She also volunteered at Free Arts, an organization dedicated to using art and creativity to foster communication between parents and their children.

Marissa Moore LMHC, trained at the Ackerman Institute for the Family and the Beck Institute. She is well versed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), mindfulness and positive psychology. She is also studying to become certified in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing).

Marissa Moore graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Rochester and received a Masters degree in Counseling for Mental Health and Wellness from New York University. She completed training at the Ackerman Institute for the Family and is certified in couples and family therapy. She is currently a faculty member of the Ackerman institute, teaching an advanced couples and family therapy seminar. Marissa Moore’s prior work includes experience in community based settings working as a home based crisis intervention counselor with at risk youth as a support counselor for individuals and couples living with HIV and in child welfare offering individual and family therapy focused on strengthening bonds between parent and child. Marissa Moore has extensive experience participating on research teams that explored the link between child development and domestic violence, the impact of abuse on emotional expression and mother daughter interactions. This research was conducted at NYU, University of Rochester and the Mt. Hope Family Center. Currently, Marissa Moore is the owner of Therapy Brooklyn and provides therapeutic services in her Greenpoint office and at the Ackerman Institute in Manhattan. In addition she is teaching faculty at the Ackerman Institute