About Magaly
Magaly Phakousonh is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California with six years of experience. She has worked in hospital and community settings and helps people who are struggling with anxiety, stress, depression, trauma, and life changes. Magaly earned a Master of Social Work from California State University, San Bernardino.
Her background includes supporting children, adolescents, and adults across many emotional and behavioral concerns. She focuses on creating a calm space where people can feel heard and understood.
Background and approach
Her work uses practical, evidence-based methods that aim to build coping skills and emotional regulation. Clients learn tools to manage anxious thoughts, reduce overwhelm, and handle difficult memories or reactions. Sessions emphasize small, achievable steps that fit into everyday life.
Magaly’s style is collaborative and strengths-based. She helps people identify what already works for them and then builds on those resources. Progress is paced to each person’s needs so change feels manageable.
Parents and individuals who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or uncertain about next steps may find her approach useful. She also supports people working on relationship concerns, communication problems, guilt and shame, isolation or loneliness, life purpose, self-love, and social anxiety and phobia. Sessions are offered in English and are provided through video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
The focus is on practical skills and steady, doable progress rather than quick fixes.
How these approaches work in online therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It helps people with anxiety, worry, and low mood by teaching clear skills to test and reframe thoughts and build new routines.Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on small, practical changes and future goals. Sessions center on what a person wants to see happen and on concrete steps to move toward those goals, which can be useful for stress, relationship concerns, and life-purpose work.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. This means trying options, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan over time so it fits each person’s life.
Online therapy with Magaly is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and practicing skills together. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can work for brief check-ins, written reflection, or people who prefer typing. These formats aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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