About Marisol
Marisol Cruz is a bilingual counselor who speaks English and Spanish. She holds LPC and LCPC credentials and practices from Indiana. Marisol has five years of clinical counseling experience helping adults with anxiety, depression, and related concerns.
She focuses on short-term, practical work that addresses what matters most right now. Sessions begin with an open check-in so clients can bring what is on their mind. Then she and the client narrow to one or two goals for the session and use clear strategies to make progress.
Background and approach
Her background includes school counseling work and years of supporting people through life transitions. That experience informs how she approaches stress, parenting strain, workplace issues, and caregiver concerns. Marisol also helps people facing substance use challenges, impulsivity, and problems with trust or intimacy.
Marisol uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing to guide sessions. She helps clients notice unhelpful thinking, practice grounding or awareness skills, and build motivation for change. The focus is on simple tools clients can try between sessions.
Clients can expect a warm, nonjudgmental space to say what they are feeling. Marisol emphasizes collaboration and clear steps toward the goals you name. She works with Spanish-speaking and English-speaking adults and welcomes international clients.
How these approaches translate to online sessions
Marisol uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT sessions often include practical exercises, thought records, and small behavioral experiments that translate well to video or messaging formats.She also draws on Mindfulness Therapy, teaching simple attention and breathing practices to reduce stress and increase present-moment awareness. These short exercises can be guided during a video call or recorded for practice between sessions.
Motivational Interviewing is used to build motivation and clarify what matters to the client. It relies on reflective listening and goal-setting and works well in conversation whether by phone or live chat.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will ask about your goals, preferences, and day-to-day life and then suggest methods to try. Together you can adjust the mix of CBT, mindfulness, or motivational techniques based on what helps most.
Online sessions offer flexibility for people with busy schedules or limited travel options. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text messaging supports brief ongoing contact between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, and caregiving routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Indiana, Colorado
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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