About Mari
Mari Flores is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with ten years of practice in California. She helps people who are feeling stressed, anxious, or low in confidence. Mari listens to each person’s story and looks for strengths they can use to move forward.
She focuses on common struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, and family tension. She also supports people dealing with self-esteem, communication problems, and motivation. Mari offers care that aims to build self-love and address issues that often affect women and young adults.
Background and approach
Mari works in a collaborative way. She treats the person in front of her as the expert on their life and partners with them to set realistic goals. Sessions tend to be practical and down to earth, with attention to what the client can try between meetings.
Her background includes ten years of professional experience in social work and related clinical settings. That experience has given her a range of clinical perspectives to draw on when supporting people through persistent worry and low mood. Mari offers sessions in English and Spanish.
She helps clients identify small, doable steps that lead to clearer thinking and steadier mood. People who want a supportive guide to manage anxiety or rebuild confidence may find her approach easy to follow.
Approaches that help with worry and low mood
Many evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on changing unhelpful thinking and building steady routines. One common approach helps people notice and reframe anxious thoughts so they stop driving behavior and emotion. This can be useful for worry, panic, and stress that gets in the way of daily life.Another helpful method emphasizes small behavioral changes and problem-focused steps. It breaks larger struggles into manageable tasks and practices that build confidence over time. This kind of work can help with low motivation, depressive symptoms, and improving communication patterns.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will work together with each person to pick techniques that match their goals, day-to-day demands, and comfort level. Plans are adjusted as needed so the work stays practical and relevant.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when more connection is helpful. Phone calls are low-bandwidth and useful for quick check-ins or when video is not practical. Live chat and text messaging are flexible for short updates, homework, or brief coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit care into a busy life while still working toward steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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