- Years in practice
- 12
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- LGBT
About Maurissa
Maurissa McCulloch is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, LGBT concerns, intimacy-related issues, parenting challenges, and life changes. She brings 12 years of clinical experience and a steady, practical approach. Maurissa emphasizes the client as the expert in their own story and focuses on building on existing strengths to move forward.
Her sessions are straightforward and collaborative. She listens first, then offers tools and options that fit each person's situation.
Background and approach
Conversations often include ways to manage day-to-day anxiety, improve communication around intimacy, and find strategies that ease parenting strain. Maurissa pays attention to how attachment patterns and feelings of guilt or shame shape choices. She also supports people who are exploring sexuality, self-love, life purpose, or issues that commonly affect women.
Her background in counseling means she draws on proven techniques to help people practice new skills and test small changes between sessions. People who prefer a calm, respectful pace tend to do well with her style. She encourages realistic goals and steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Maurissa works with clients in South Carolina and accepts international clients who want online care. Taking the first step can feel hard. She helps people clarify what matters most and then creates a plan that fits their life and priorities.
What Maurissa works with
Everything Maurissa lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Maurissa helps people with.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques often used in counseling focus on changing unhelpful patterns and building coping skills. One common approach teaches practical skills for managing anxiety and stress, such as breathing exercises, behavioral experiments, and step-by-step plans to face difficult situations. These tools help reduce daily overwhelm and increase confidence.Another common strand focuses on attachment and relational patterns. This work looks at how past relationships shape current interactions and helps people practice new ways of connecting, setting boundaries, or improving communication about intimacy and parenting concerns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, preferences, and life demands. Clients try methods in session and then adapt them between meetings so the approach fits their real world.
Online formats make this practical work more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and maintain steady progress.
Questions people ask about Maurissa
What concerns does Maurissa commonly address?
She supports people managing stress, anxiety, LGBT concerns, intimacy-related issues, parenting challenges, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach is collaborative and practical. She listens first, then offers tools and small steps clients can try between sessions.
What is her professional background?
Maurissa has 12 years of professional work experience in counseling and focuses on building clients' strengths to address challenges.
What credentials and region should I know about?
She holds the LPC credential and is licensed in South Carolina.
Can I work with her if I live outside the US?
Yes, she accepts international clients and offers services to people outside South Carolina.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does cost and billing work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with Maurissa?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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