
Coaching and Counselling
Holistic and Educational
My approach blends educational coaching and integrative counselling to help individuals and organizations thrive with emotional clarity and confidence. Rooted in a holistic understanding of the mind, emotions, and behaviour, this method draws from evidence-based psychology and real-world experience to guide meaningful, sustainable growth.
This is more than traditional coaching—it's what I call edu-coaching: a framework that empowers you with scientific, practical knowledge about how your brain and emotions work. By bridging the gap between psychological insight and everyday challenges, I help clients develop stronger emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and resilience.
The goal is to equip you with the knowledge and skills needed for lasting success and fulfilment.
Specializations
Mindset & Brain Education
Rewire your thinking by understanding how your mind and brain works.
This program is rooted in brain-based education and cognitive-emotional integration. You’ll gain insight into how your thoughts, habits, and emotions are shaped by neural patterns—and how to shift them. By understanding the brain’s architecture and your own mental operating system, you’ll be empowered to change how you show up in life, navigate challenges, and cultivate a mindset that supports growth, clarity, and change.
Growing Minds: Teen’s Emotional Resilience
Supporting teens in understanding themselves and becoming who they’re meant to be.
The teenage years are uniquely intense—emotionally charged, identity-shaping, and often overwhelming. I offer a safe, empathetic space for teens to make sense of what they're feeling and why. Together, we explore emotional triggers, self-doubt, stress, and relationship dynamics, helping them better understand themselves and the tools to manage their life’s challenges. Through emotionally informed coaching and counselling, teens learn to regulate emotions, strengthen self-esteem, and grow into emotionally resilient young adults.
Emotional Clarity & Regulation
Understand what you feel—so you can move through life with intention.
This focus area is designed for individuals who want to deepen their emotional self-awareness and develop tools to manage and regulate intense emotions better. Whether you’re experiencing anger, anxiety, sadness, or overwhelm, we explore your emotional triggers, untangle limiting internal narratives, and introduce actionable strategies to help you better manage your inner world.
The goal is to create a more balanced emotional landscape—one where you feel more in control, more connected, and more empowered to respond rather than react.
Conscious Parenting
Parent with intention, emotional intelligence, and self-awareness.
Parenting is one of the most emotionally complex roles we play. I support parents in understanding their own emotional responses, learning to co-regulate with their children, and nurturing healthy attachment and communication at home. Grounded in psychology and lived experience, conscious parenting coaching equips you with tools to raise emotionally intelligent, connected, and confident children—while caring for your own well-being.
Relationship & Couples Counselling
Create a relationship where both of you can feel seen, heard, and secure.
Relationships thrive when communication, emotional safety, and shared meaning are present. Using the Gottman Method and other evidence-based frameworks, I support couples in identifying unhelpful patterns, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional intimacy. Whether you're navigating conflict, distance, or a life transition, this work helps you reconnect and re-align—together.
Customized Solutions
INDIVIDUAL COACHING/COUNSELLING
For Individuals, I specifically work with those who:
Need clarity on where they’re going and what they want
Want to unlock their potential for self-development
Need better work-life balance
Want to learn public speaking to gain confidence
CORPORATE COACHING/COUNSELLING
For Organizations, here are some of the solutions I offer and work to instill:
Employee counselling
Development training
Better work culture
Employee mental health programs and services
SPEAKING SERVICES
As a Speaker, I offer in-person and virtual speaking services. Request my 2025 Speaking Kit to find out about my topics:
Emotional Intelligence
Manifesting for Growth
Brain and Mind Flexibility
Conscious Parenting
Public Speaking

CLIENT TESTIMONIALS
“I really needed a person outside my circle to challenge my limiting beliefs and help me see my Career opportunities. I felt safe and liberated to be able to talk freely and make decisions without being judged (by my circle). Bonus, I loved sharing experiences with Coach Marissa as a working mom and learning more about public speaking tips and communication!”
— Client on Career and Soft Skill Development Coaching
“I mark a new chapter in my life today as I turn 60. Thank you for your guidance and help all these months. I have found our sessions extremely beneficial.”
— Client on Time Management and Critical Thinking Coaching