About Lourdes
Lourdes Mayes is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in California. She speaks English and Spanish and brings 21 years of experience to her practice. Lourdes focuses on anxiety and related concerns in straightforward, practical ways.
She works with people facing stress, depression, grief, addiction, trauma, and relationship strain. Sessions look at what keeps problems going and build steps to change day-to-day habits. Lourdes emphasizes clear skills for coping, emotion regulation, and handling difficult conversations.
Background and approach
Her style blends practical therapy methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques and acceptance-based ideas with a warm, client-centered stance. She helps people notice patterns, try new behaviors, and choose actions that match their values. Therapy includes learning communication and problem-solving skills that can improve connection and reduce conflict.
Lourdes also draws on attachment-focused perspectives to address how early relationships shape current reactions. For people dealing with shame, codependency, or intimacy problems she helps identify roots of those patterns and practice different ways of relating. She includes strategies from dialectical behavior approaches when emotional intensity feels overwhelming.
Sessions can include short-term coaching around life changes or longer work on deep patterns. Lourdes aims to make progress clear and practical so clients can use new skills between sessions. She welcomes people who want honest, steady help to move forward.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thinking and choose values-guided actions instead of being driven by worry or avoidance. It can help with anxiety, stress, and making changes that matter. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thought patterns and testing them with practical experiments to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression. It is useful when you want concrete tools to change behavior and mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connection and intimacy. It is helpful for people who struggle with trust, abandonment fears, or repeating old relationship dynamics.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences and then propose a mix of methods that fit your situation. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as you try techniques and notice what helps.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for deep conversations and skills practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief updates, homework checking, or when writing feels more comfortable. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep progress steady over time.
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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