I’m Mirisen (me-ree-sen), a Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, working under the supervision of Marissa Damphousse, LMFT.

I’m based in Oakland, CA and I offer virtual therapy for individuals and couples. My work often centers on relationships, identity, communication, family patterns, and the ways people learned to protect themselves by staying small, overthinking, pleasing others, or pulling away.

My style is warm and interactive. Whether you’re seeking individual or couples therapy, my hope is to offer a space where you can move toward deeper self-understanding, self-compassion, and more fulfilling relationships.

I studied linguistics because I was drawn to how language shapes meaning, connection, and the way we experience ourselves and others. I became a therapist because I wanted to work with people at that same edge, where something difficult, unclear, or long carried can begin to come into words.

My identities as a queer, cis woman of mixed-heritage (Middle Eastern and white) and a first-generation immigrant shape how I understand myself, others, and the messy, beautiful world we share. Therapy is more than a job to me. I genuinely enjoy what I do and find real meaning in supporting people as they follow what’s alive in them.

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