Meet Marissa
M.S., OTR/L

The short and sweet:  

 ✓ Master's Degree in Occupational Therapy

 ✓ Specializes in chair yoga and adaptive yoga

 ✓ Career in promoting mental and physical wellness across the lifespan

✓ Promotes purposeful engagement with a foundation of neurophysiology for symptom integration and management in maintaining mental wellness

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Marissa's vision is to deliver innovative mental health support in clients' natural and preferred environments to address distressing or debilitating emotional and mental health symptoms in order to get back to doing what they love most.  

 

Read on for more...

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Born and raised in Rochester NY, Marissa received her Master's degree in occupational therapy (OT) from the University at Buffalo.  With a special interest in integrated wellness practices and mental health, Marissa has spent her career empowering clients to meet their goals in sustaining mental, physical, and emotional wellness.   Marissa has worked with both children and adults across the lifespan, which is where she began to understand the potency of purposeful engagement, neurophysiology, the sensory system, and self-agency in establishing mental wellness.  Most recently, Marissa worked in higher education as a mental health content expert, where she delivered mental health education and support to students and clients, and where she saw first-hand the value of the services offered through this private practice. 

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Marissa is also a seasoned yoga instructor and yoga teacher trainer, with well over 500 hours of teaching experience.  She has written curriculum and instructed several yoga teacher trainings over the years, with specialties in the areas of nervous system regulation, anatomy and physiology, and trauma-informed care for both children and adults. Marissa firmly believes in creating access to wellness practices are for all people, which led her to hone her skills in chair yoga, trauma-informed yoga, and adaptive yoga over the last decade.  As a lecturer and educator specializing in trauma-informed regulation and wellness, Marissa is passionate about teaching people about how their nervous system works as a tool to self-agency, empowerment, and personal wellness.  ​

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Please keep your eye on the progress of NeuroBloom Mental Health & Wellness, as Marissa aims to provide all services on a sliding scale in the future, as well as accept insurance, to ensure accessibility for all. There will also be community programs starting soon, including support groups for adults with mental health diagnoses and/or autism, grief support, and various wellness classes.