About Claudia
Claudia Duarte is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with three years of experience helping people manage anxiety, stress, depression, and addictions. She speaks English and Spanish and practices in Utah. Claudia aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk about what feels hard without feeling judged.
She helps people figure out immediate coping steps and longer term changes. Sessions focus on identifying patterns that make problems worse and trying small, doable strategies to feel better.
Background and approach
Claudia emphasizes dignity and hope while working through difficult moments. Her style is collaborative. She listens first, then offers practical tools that fit each person’s life.
That can include ways to handle intense emotions, reduce stress, or make changes around substance use and relationships. Claudia has experience supporting people through crises and major life transitions. She also addresses issues tied to immigration, multicultural concerns, prejudice and discrimination, and life purpose.
She pays attention to how different parts of someone’s life connect and affect mental health. Therapy with her mixes short-term problem solving and slower, reflective work. People can expect clear goals, regular check-ins, and adjustments to the plan as needed.
Claudia uses her clinical judgment as an LCSW to guide sessions toward practical outcomes that matter to each person. To begin, she asks people to share their current struggles and what they hope to change. From there she works alongside clients to build skills for coping, self-care, and stronger communication.
Practical therapeutic approaches for online care
Claudia uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that aim to reduce symptoms and build coping skills. One common approach focuses on identifying unhelpful patterns and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. This helps people spot triggers and try concrete alternatives that fit their daily life.Another frequent element is skills-based work for managing strong emotions and cravings related to addictions. That involves learning short strategies to tolerate distress, reduce impulsive reactions, and regain a sense of control during high-stress moments. These tools are useful for stress, seasonal mood shifts, and self-harm urges as well.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Claudia will work with each person to match techniques to their needs, goals, and preferences. She starts by listening to what matters most, then adjusts the plan as progress and challenges appear.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video is helpful for in-depth conversations and visual cues, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can suit quick check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to stay connected during life transitions.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Immigration issues
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Utah
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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