About Christian
Christian Maciel is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of clinical experience. He focuses on practical ways to reduce anxiety and stress and to help people feel steadier in their relationships and daily life. He works with people facing depression, trauma and abuse, and low self-esteem.
Christian also addresses relationship strains, communication problems, commitment worries, and patterns like codependency and control issues. He speaks English and Spanish and practices in California.
Background and approach
Christian uses a mix of approaches to fit each person's needs. Sessions often include learning skills for managing strong emotions, identifying unhelpful thinking patterns, and practicing new ways of relating. He aims to make therapy clear and useful so people can use the tools outside sessions.
For those dealing with chronic pain, illness, caregiver stress, or feelings of emptiness or shame, he helps untangle how those struggles connect to daily routines and relationships. He also supports people working through abandonment issues, attachment concerns, and recovery after domestic violence or separation. Clients can expect a calm, respectful space to talk things through and try small changes.
Christian focuses on what matters to each person and works alongside them to set steps toward better coping and clearer communication.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, encourages people to notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and to choose actions that reflect their values. It can help with anxiety, worry, and making meaningful life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns through practical exercises and homework; this approach is often useful for anxiety and low mood.Finding the right way of working is a team effort. The therapist will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust methods as needed. That collaborative process helps decide whether ACT, CBT, or a client-centered approach fits best for a person's concerns and daily life.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared materials, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and live chat or text messaging can keep momentum between sessions or suit people who prefer written communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, and other commitments while keeping the focus on useful skills and steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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