About Cinda
Cinda Salas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people handle stress, anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, and major life changes. She uses clear, direct language and aims to make sessions straightforward for people who are feeling overwhelmed. She has three years of clinical experience and meets clients where they are in California.
Her background includes clinical settings, medical social work, child protective services, and work with a foster family agency.
Background and approach
She earned a Master of Social Work degree from Loma Linda University in 2014. That program is faith-based, and she is comfortable talking about clients' religious beliefs and traditions. In sessions she is matter-of-fact and direct.
She listens actively and will call out issues friends might avoid mentioning. That approach aims to help people see patterns and take practical steps forward. Cinda draws on short-term, skills-focused methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy.
She uses these tools to help with things like managing strong emotions, reducing anxious thinking, and setting clear goals. People who choose to work with her can expect straightforward feedback, focused skill practice, and a plan that targets everyday problems. Her style is respectful while also challenging unhelpful habits.
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as options for care.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors tied to them. It often uses brief exercises and home practice to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms.Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches specific skills for managing strong emotions, tolerating distress, and improving relationships. These skills can help with anger, emotional swings, and impulse-driven behaviors.
Solution-Focused Therapy centers on setting clear, achievable goals and building on what is already working. Sessions move quickly to practical steps and small changes that add up over time.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to try methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Adjustments can be made as progress is reviewed so the plan stays useful.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face work and role practice, phone sessions can fit a short break or require less bandwidth, live chat supports quick check-ins, and text messaging is useful for brief updates or ongoing skill practice. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and maintain steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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