About Damaris
Dr. Damaris Galarza is a bilingual California psychologist who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, low self-esteem, and depression. She speaks English and Spanish and brings 13 years of clinical experience to conversations about mental health.
Her approach aims to give people practical tools they can use between sessions. She favors clear, goal-focused work rooted in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). That means she and the client look at thoughts, feelings, and behaviors together, and practice new ways of responding to difficult situations.
Background and approach
Sessions often include skill-building exercises and concrete strategies to reduce worry and improve daily functioning. Dr. Galarza also offers psychosocial and cognitive evaluations when a structured assessment is helpful.
Those evaluations can clarify problem areas and guide ongoing treatment choices. She explains findings in straightforward language so clients can make informed decisions about next steps. Her style is collaborative and instructional.
She encourages people to set small, achievable goals and to try practical experiments between meetings. Progress is tracked over time and adjustments are made if something isn’t working. People can expect a calm, pragmatic tone in sessions and an emphasis on learning tools that fit real life.
She works from California and provides services in both English and Spanish for adults seeking help with the concerns listed above.
Using CBT and Online Sessions to Address Anxiety
Dr. Galarza uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change patterns of thinking and behavior that contribute to anxiety and depression. CBT breaks problems into manageable steps, teaches coping skills, and uses short experiments to test new ways of responding to stress.She also integrates structured assessments when helpful to clarify thinking or memory concerns. Those evaluations can guide which skills to prioritize and make treatment planning more targeted and transparent.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist works with each person to set goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what is helpful. Treatment is rooted in practical skill-building so people can use tools between sessions and measure progress together.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexible access to care. Video is useful for longer work and face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text messaging supports brief updates or between-session coaching. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, school, or family schedules while focusing on concrete skills.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Antisocial personality
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Multicultural concerns
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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