About Karina
Karina Hernandez is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with five years of clinical experience. She works with people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strains, grief, or big life changes. Karina speaks English and Spanish and practices from California.
Her style is direct and compassionate. Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps you can try between meetings. She aims to make sessions feel like a steady place to regroup when life feels chaotic.
Background and approach
Karina helps people address relationship struggles, communication problems, and issues that come up around divorce, infidelity, or family of origin patterns. She also supports clients facing fertility challenges, pregnancy and childbirth concerns, and postpartum depression. Multicultural concerns and immigration-related stress are part of her focus as well.
In sessions she draws from a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques rather than following a single method. That allows her to tailor tools to the person in front of her. Work may include building boundaries, improving self-love, managing guilt and shame, and practical coping strategies for anxiety and stress.
People can expect a nonjudgmental space where progress is paced to their needs. Karina frames therapy as a collaborative process and emphasizes skills people can use outside sessions to handle difficult moments. Her goal is to help clients build resilience and clearer direction as they move forward.
How evidence-based techniques translate to online care
Karina uses a mix of evidence-based therapeutic techniques so sessions focus on what helps you most. One common approach involves practical coping skills training, which teaches step-by-step strategies for managing anxiety, stress, and intense emotions. These tools are useful for quick relief and for handling day-to-day triggers.Another approach emphasizes humanistic, person-centered work that prioritizes being seen and heard. This helps when loss, identity concerns, or feelings of isolation are central. The therapist listens closely and helps clients name values, set boundaries, and build self-compassion.
Deciding which approach fits best is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each client to choose techniques based on their goals, preferences, and how they respond in early sessions. That might mean combining skills practice with reflective, values-based conversations to create a plan that feels right.
Online therapy is offered by licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for in-depth work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, skill practice, or ongoing encouragement between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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