About Ligia
Ligia Pacheco Paz is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in California with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on everyday struggles like stress and anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, relationship concerns, and adapting to life changes. Ligia speaks English and Spanish and aims to make starting therapy feel manageable for people who are nervous about the first step.
She keeps sessions straightforward and practical. Ligia helps clients name what feels hard, sort through priorities, and practice small changes that build confidence.
Background and approach
She pays attention to communication patterns and offers ways to repair or improve interactions with others. Work often centers on reducing overwhelming feelings and increasing coping skills. Ligia addresses guilt, shame, loneliness, and self-love with clear, doable strategies.
She encourages clients to try new habits between sessions and reviews what helps and what needs adjusting. Sessions may include focused conversations, problem-solving, and short exercises to practice breathing, grounding, or shifting negative self-talk. Ligia aims to create an open space where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgment.
She emphasizes collaboration and practical steps over jargon. To begin, she asks clients to identify a single, concrete goal and then builds a plan that fits daily life. That approach helps people see progress sooner and keeps therapy connected to real-world challenges.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Ligia uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and coping skills. One common approach is problem-focused work that helps people identify specific worries and step-by-step ways to reduce them, which is useful for anxiety and stress. Another common element is skills practice for emotion regulation and self-talk, helping people manage strong feelings and build self-esteem through brief exercises and habit changes.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ligia collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and daily routine. She adjusts the plan as progress is made so therapy stays relevant and useful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or text-based messaging lets clients check in between appointments or have shorter check-ins during a busy day. These options aim to make therapy easier to attend and to fit into real life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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