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she/her

Maria GonzalezLCSW

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Location

Virtual, California

Insurance Accepted

Anthem Blue Cross Of CA, Aetna, Health Net/MHN

Communication Style

Exploratory, Direct, Empowering

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Focus areas

Anxiety, Burnout, Cultural Issues/Racial Stress, Depression, Family Conflict, Grief, Life Transitions, Stress, Trauma, Women's Issues

Experienced with

Latine Community, Parents, Immigrants

Years of Experience

13+

License number

#27110

Therapy style

I am passionate about helping clients through their journey, specializing in areas such as anxiety, depression, body image, and generational trauma. Knowledge is transformative in healing past generational traumas and guiding us through our recovery. It is important to develop positive coping skills that will take the place of negative coping strategies that only elicit new problems. I am bicultural and bilingual in Spanish, and coming from immigrant parents, I am sensitive to multicultural issues. I enjoy working with a variety of issues and learning from people from diverse backgrounds. I am committed to helping individuals and families cope with their day-to-day difficulties. My goal as a therapist is to create a safe space for clients where they feel reassured that their voices are heard. I invite you to reach out and see if I may be of assistance to you.

Approaches

  • Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP or EXRP)
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Interpersonal Psychotherapy
  • Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Psychodynamic
  • Relational
  • Solution-focused
  • Strengths-based

Languages Spoken

English, Spanish

Education

LCSW