About Kyra
Kyra Shapiro Gutierrez is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She also supports those dealing with depression, low self-esteem, parenting strain, and major life changes. Kyra listens carefully and offers straightforward tools you can use between sessions.
Kyra works in a collaborative way. She asks simple questions to understand what feels most urgent to you. Then she suggests practical steps you can try right away.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on skills you can practice at home. Her style is warm and direct. Kyra aims to make the room feel accepting while keeping goals clear.
She helps clients notice unhelpful patterns and replace them with small, manageable changes. She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to build coping skills and resilience. Expect concrete strategies for managing worry, improving mood, and strengthening confidence.
Parents receive clear guidance on balancing self-care with caregiving responsibilities. Kyra has three years of clinical experience and practices in California. Her work is solution-focused and paced to match each person's needs.
She supports people from many backgrounds and centers their lived experience when planning care.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Kyra draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that teach concrete skills. One common approach focuses on building coping skills for anxiety and stress through short, practical exercises that reduce worry and improve daily functioning. Another approach emphasizes mood management and self-esteem work by identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing kinder, more realistic beliefs. These methods are aimed at helping with anxiety, depression, and the pressure that comes from parenting and life transitions.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Kyra will discuss your goals and preferences, then recommend techniques that fit your situation. Together you can try different strategies and adjust the plan based on what helps you feel steadier and more capable.
Online therapy offers several practical advantages. Video calls let you have a full conversation and read facial cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief updates, quick coaching, or when typing out thoughts feels easier than speaking. These options provide flexibility to fit therapy into a busy life and make it simpler to keep regular contact with a licensed professional.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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