About Maria
Maria Lozano is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in California who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and trauma. She offers calm, steady support for those facing life changes or feeling overwhelmed by relationships and family issues. Sessions are available in English and Spanish.
With 14 years of clinical practice, she brings practical skills rooted in talk therapy and body-aware methods. Maria blends cognitive behavioral tools with mindfulness and client-centered listening.
Background and approach
She draws on psychodynamic ideas and solution-focused steps to help people find immediate relief and longer-term insight. Her work often focuses on emotional recovery after difficult events and on rebuilding self-esteem. She also addresses compassion fatigue and the emotional impact of caregiving and reproductive transitions.
Maria uses breathing and grounding techniques alongside conversation to help reduce anxiety symptoms and improve coping. Clients can expect a warm, empathetic tone and a collaborative pace. Sessions may include short experiments between meetings, such as simple mindfulness practices or behavior experiments.
The aim is steady progress toward clearer priorities and manageable habits. Maria understands multicultural issues and the ways family history can shape feelings today. She also supports people dealing with communication problems, isolation, postpartum mood challenges, and somatic symptoms tied to stress.
Her approach is practical, human, and paced to each person’s needs.
How Maria’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s experience. In sessions she reflects back what is said, helps name feelings, and supports each person to set their own pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks down unhelpful thoughts and behaviors into small steps. This approach is useful for anxiety, mood problems, and developing concrete coping skills. Mindfulness therapy introduces simple breathing and attention practices to reduce reactivity and ease physical tension related to stress.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Maria will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and daily life needs. Together they try ideas, review what helps, and adjust the plan so it fits the person’s rhythm and responsibilities.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make consistent care more practical. Video calls allow a face-to-face conversation and teachable moments for breathing or grounding. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers no camera. Live chat and text messaging offer brief check-ins, homework support, or short problem-solving between sessions. These options help people access therapy around work, childcare, and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
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- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Somatization
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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