Ingrid Vicencio, LCSW

Ingrid Vicencio is a licensed clinical social worker in California with seven years of practice experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. Ingrid also supports people facing trauma, eating concerns, addiction, and identity-related issues. She aims to build an open and respectful space where clients can share thoughts and feelings without judgment. Conversations are practical and straightforward. Sessions concentrate on what matters most to the person sitting across from her. In therapy she uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and EMDR along with motivational and narrative approaches. Those methods help people change unhelpful thinking, learn emotion regulation skills, and process difficult memories. Ingrid tailors techniques to fit each person's needs rather than applying a single method to everyone. She works with issues such as body image, attachment and abandonment concerns, caregiver stress, communication problems, and grief. Ingrid also addresses immigration-related stress, gender dysphoria, codependency, and life purpose questions. Her background supports a range of emotional and practical challenges. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish. People can expect clear goals, collaborative planning, and tools they can use between sessions. Taking the first step can feel hard, and Ingrid aims to make that step feel manageable and supported.

How Ingrid blends approaches for online care

Ingrid commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress because it focuses on practical steps and small experiments that can be tried between sessions. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy when emotions feel overwhelming. DBT offers skills for regulating emotions, tolerating distress, and improving communication. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing can be part of work for processing traumatic memories and reducing their emotional charge by using structured, memory-focused techniques. Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Ingrid will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped in the past. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made. Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people use face-to-face interaction and screen sharing for worksheets or exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Chat and messaging offer ongoing support and quick ways to practice skills between meetings, making therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.