Marissa Erickson

About Marissa Erickson

Throughout our lives, challenges arise that may be beyond our ability to overcome. Everyone needs a safe space, support, and, at times, guidance to work through those challenges. My goal and purpose is to provide that space and support to help you navigate through life and find solutions that work for you. I offer effective tools to help you address anxiety, trauma, substance use, depressive disorders, and other concerns and challenges that life can throw into the mix. One day at a time, we will work through the emotional and mental battles that may be derailing you from living your best life, with God’s help.

How to Prioritize Mental Wellness

, September 4th, 2025|Coaching, Featured, Individual Counseling, Personal Development, Spiritual Development|

Mental wellness is the concerted effort to maintain emotional and mental health. Your mental health has a profound impact on your physical well-being and your overall perception of yourself and your surroundings. When your mental health is poor, it can lead to depression, anxiety, self-loathing, low self-esteem, and physical problems. [...]

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5 Things to Remember Before Getting Married

, August 6th, 2025|Couples Counseling, Featured, Marriage Counseling, Premarital Counseling, Relationship Issues|

For Christian couples planning to get married, premarital counseling is a rite of passage. In many ways, however, it is simply theoretical, because the feeling of being in love and excited for what lies ahead usually makes dating couples feel that they will be impervious to any marital strife. Things [...]

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Ways to Improve Mental Health for Teens

, July 10th, 2025|Christian Counseling For Teens, Featured, Individual Counseling|

What does it mean to live the good life? Often, the way we define the good life is closely tied to what we own, the opportunities we have, and the circumstances we find ourselves in. We focus our lives on striving to obtain the things we think will make us [...]

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Signs of a Toxic Relationship: 9 Types of Toxic Friendships

, June 17th, 2025|Featured, Individual Counseling, Relationship Issues|

A true friendship (as opposed to a toxic relationship) is one of God’s sweetest gifts, isn't it? God decided that Adam should not be alone and created Eve to be his companion. In the New Testament, we learn that Jesus surrounded Himself with trusted advisors and authentic and loyal [...]

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What a Healthy Attachment Style Looks Like in Relationships

, May 29th, 2025|Abandonment and Neglect, Featured, Individual Counseling, Relationship Issues|

If you dip your toes on social media or just try to stay abreast of ongoing developments in our culture, you’re probably no stranger to the many dating and relationship horror stories out there. Perhaps there’s a tendency to dwell on negative experiences, skewing the algorithm, but there aren’t [...]

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7 Ways That Childhood Trauma Can Appear in Your Adult Life

, May 14th, 2025|Featured, Individual Counseling, Men’s Issues, Trauma, Women’s Issues|

You might have realized by now that the past has a way of affecting the present. Childhood trauma can follow you and affect your relationships and friendships later in life. You might only be beginning to connect the dots between your behavior now and what happened in the past, [...]

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Understanding the Benefits of Premarital Counseling in Keller, Texas

, April 18th, 2025|Couples Counseling, Featured, Marriage Counseling, Premarital Counseling, Relationship Issues|

Getting married is perhaps one of the most significant commitments we can make in life. There is often a lot of excitement and joy as soon as you pop the question, or as soon as you say, “Yes.” Rose-tinted visions of what the future will be like as you [...]

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The Importance and Value of Female Friendships

, April 10th, 2025|Featured, Individual Counseling, Relationship Issues, Women’s Issues|

The Christian apologist, author, and professor C.S. Lewis once wrote that “Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” Having good friends is one of life’s great pleasures, and you can count yourself [...]

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Practical Strategies for Handling Conflict in the Workplace

, March 13th, 2025|Featured, Individual Counseling, Personal Development, Professional Development, Relationship Issues|

Experiences that involve conflict in the workplace can be frustrating and challenging and affect how happy you are with your job. They can also hurt your work performance and productivity. If you have ever had a coworker who does things that annoy you, a colleague who shoots down all [...]

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Anxiety in the Bible: How to Handle Your Anxiety Well

, February 25th, 2025|Anxiety, Featured, Individual Counseling, Men’s Issues, Women’s Issues|

When you scroll through your newsfeed on social media, listen to the radio for the top stories, and pick up on what’s trending in the public discourse, does your heart feel settled? For many of us, the world feels unsafe and we feel uncertain of the future. If someone [...]

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