Karissa Mercado

Karissa Mercado, LMHC, is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor specializing in eating disorders, substance abuse, trauma, anxiety, and mood disorders for adolescents and adults.

She has experience in top-tier residential treatment facilities, where she facilitated individual, family, and group therapy in a leading residential eating disorder treatment facility and coordinated multidisciplinary care teams. As a Senior Clinical Therapist for an intensive in-home program, she provided Family Based Treatment for adolescents with Anorexia.

Karissa uses a holistic approach and commitment to evidence-based practices, adapting treatment across residential and home settings. She emphasizes seeing the person beyond the illness and creating an integrated, non-judgmental care environment to support recovery.