Maricela Nunez, LCSW

Maricela Nunez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as a core approach in her practice. She brings 11 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and self-esteem struggles. Maricela speaks English and Spanish and practices in California.

Maricela focuses on what you can do now to feel better. Sessions typically look at thoughts, behaviors, and small changes that add up over time. She also uses mindfulness and trauma-informed strategies to help people cope with grief, guilt, shame, and isolation.

As a first-generation Latina, Maricela pays attention to cultural and family background when it matters to a person’s healing. She encourages gentle exploration of past experiences to understand how they shape current reactions and relationships. This helps people reconnect with strengths they may have overlooked.

Her style is collaborative and respectful. She treats clients as the experts on their own lives and works together with them to set realistic goals. Practical exercises, short skill-building tasks, and regular check-ins are common parts of the process.

People who come to her often want clear tools for managing anxiety, ways to process loss, and strategies to rebuild confidence. Maricela supports those goals with steady guidance, attention to cultural context, and straightforward techniques people can use between sessions.

CBT, Mindfulness, and Trauma-Focused Support Online

Maricela draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. CBT offers clear, short-term strategies for anxiety, low mood, and social worry by breaking problems into manageable steps.

She also uses Mindfulness Therapy to build attention and calming skills. Mindfulness practices teach simple ways to notice emotions and bodily reactions so distress feels less overwhelming. For people impacted by past hurts, Trauma-Focused Therapy is used to address how trauma shows up now and to develop safer coping tools.

Choosing the right approach is a joint process. The therapist works with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences. That means trying techniques, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together over time.

Online sessions offer flexible ways to connect via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for fuller conversation and visual cues, phone can fit a shorter check-in or lower bandwidth needs, and chat or messaging lets people share thoughts between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to maintain steady progress.