About Adriana
Adriana Samano is a California-licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on helping people facing stress and anxiety. She speaks English and Spanish and draws on 14 years of clinical experience to support people who are overwhelmed or stuck. Her approach is calm and straightforward, aimed at reducing worry and building everyday coping skills.
She helps people sort out relationship strains and communication problems. She also works with issues around self-esteem, motivation, depression, and major life changes.
Background and approach
Topics Adriana addresses include attachment concerns, blended family challenges, workplace stress, guilt and shame, and recovery from infidelity or domestic violence. Sessions are conversational and practical. Adriana creates an open space where thoughts and feelings can be spoken without judgment.
She focuses on clear goals and small, doable steps that make daily life more manageable. Clients can expect flexible session options and collaboration on a plan that fits their life. Adriana uses techniques that are evidence-based and aimed at reducing symptoms and improving relationships.
She invites people to take the first step and says starting therapy is a courageous move. Her work includes support for pregnancy and childbirth adjustments, postpartum depression, and some mood regulation concerns such as Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder. Adriana combines experience with a direct, compassionate style to help people regain confidence and move forward.
Evidence-based approaches and online options
Adriana uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One common method helps people learn concrete coping skills for anxiety and stress, such as breathing, grounding, and step-by-step behavior changes to reduce worry and avoidance. Another approach addresses relationships and communication by identifying patterns, improving how people express needs, and practicing new ways of interacting to reduce conflict and build connection.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Adriana works with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust the plan over time. She explains options in plain language and checks in regularly about what is working and what needs to change.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a good option for shorter check-ins. Live chat and messaging support brief check-ins and ongoing skill practice between sessions. These formats help people fit therapy around work, caregiving, and other daily demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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