About Marina
Marina Thomas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people managing stress and anxiety. She focuses on improving self-esteem, easing depression, and guiding people through life changes. She uses a collaborative, client-centered style and treats each person with respect and compassion.
Marina drew on seven years working in child welfare before becoming a clinician. That work exposed her to trauma, racism, and social injustices that affect how people and families cope.
Background and approach
Those experiences motivated her to support healing and to help people find clearer footing after difficult events. In sessions she helps people identify the root causes of their concerns. She works with clients to set realistic goals and build step-by-step plans to address stress, anxiety, and everyday struggles.
The focus is on practical changes that improve daily life and emotional well-being. Her style is collaborative. Clients take an active role in deciding priorities and next steps.
Marina emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion while people process experiences and work toward goals. She also supports skills around communication, forgiveness, discovering life purpose, and cultivating self-love. Her aim is to provide steady guidance so clients can better manage distress and move toward healthier routines and relationships.
Practical approaches and online care
Marina uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that help people understand problems and build useful skills. One common approach focuses on identifying root causes and breaking them into manageable steps so people can set realistic goals and track progress. This works well for stress, anxiety, and life transitions.Another approach emphasizes building communication and self-compassion skills. Sessions include practice in clearer expression, setting boundaries, and increasing self-love, which can reduce ongoing conflict and improve self-esteem.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will ask about your needs, goals, and preferences and then suggest methods to try. You and the therapist will adjust plans as you learn what helps most in your day-to-day life.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit your routine. Video lets you have a fuller conversation; phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited; chat and messaging work for shorter check-ins and flexible timing. These options help people keep continuity of care while juggling work, family, and other obligations.
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What this therapist works with
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- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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