About Magalis
Magalis Sandoval is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. She speaks English and Spanish and aims to make therapy practical and understandable. Her style is straightforward and supportive for everyday problems.
She has worked in human services since 2006 and has been a licensed clinical social worker since 2011. Early experience included at-risk youth, survivors of domestic violence, and residential substance use programs.
Background and approach
Over 14 years she has guided people through addiction recovery, grief, mood shifts, and trauma symptoms. In sessions she helps people spot how thoughts link to behavior and mood. She uses mindfulness exercises to calm intense feelings and cognitive-behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking.
She also incorporates motivational interviewing to build the will to change and solution-focused steps to set short-term goals. Magalis has additional experience with anger-related concerns and completed certification as an anger management specialist. She offers strategies for managing anger in ways that protect relationships and personal wellbeing.
She also supports people facing career shifts, parenting strain, relationship pain, and life transitions. Appointments are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. She typically replies to messages within 24 hours on business days and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.
Practical approaches for online mental health care
Magalis uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, mood issues, and patterns that keep problems stuck. She also uses mindfulness strategies to teach simple breathing and attention skills that reduce reactivity and ease intense feelings.Choosing the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to set goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful. Sessions focus on small, doable steps and on building skills the person can use between meetings.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to add flexibility. Video lets people keep visual contact for skill practice, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging supports brief check-ins or ongoing coaching. These options help therapy fit around work, family, and day-to-day life while keeping a consistent connection with a licensed professional.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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