About Caron
Caron Trataris helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, low self-esteem, addiction concerns, and major life changes. She is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, and works primarily with adults who feel overwhelmed or stuck. She keeps sessions straightforward and focused.
Caron uses practical tools to break down problems into steps people can manage. She emphasizes how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect so clients can try small changes and notice results.
How Caron works
Mindfulness techniques are woven into sessions to help people slow down and respond less reactively to stress. Narrative work helps clients reframe difficult experiences and see new possibilities in their life stories. Somatic ideas attend to the body’s role in emotions and offer ways to calm physical tension.
Her background includes multiple graduate degrees, including a Master of Science in Counseling, Marriage, Child and Family Therapy and a Master of Science in Psychology, along with an MBA. Caron has five years of clinical experience as an LMFT in California.
She also helps clients address family and caregiver stress, blended family challenges, aging and geriatric issues, hoarding behaviors, forgiveness work, midlife transitions, and somatization. Sessions may include goal-focused strategies when people want quicker problem-solving and narrative or mindfulness work when deeper reflection is helpful. Caron aims to collaborate with each person to set realistic goals and practical steps.
She invites prospective clients to reach the next step when they’re ready to begin.
Caron lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Caron works with
The areas below are the ones Caron selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Hoarding
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Somatization
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approaches that fit your life online
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It breaks problems into small, practical steps people can try between sessions to reduce anxiety, low mood, and unhelpful behaviors.Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple ways to notice thoughts and bodily sensations without immediately reacting. These practices help people create calm moments and respond more clearly to stress and relationship triggers.
Narrative Therapy helps people tell their stories differently so painful patterns feel less fixed. It’s useful for people working through family issues, caregiving strain, midlife transitions, or changes in identity.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, daily routines, and what they prefer, then try methods that match those needs. Adjustments are made as progress is tracked so the plan stays useful and practical.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people work face to face from wherever they are; phone sessions can fit into a short break and use less bandwidth. Live chat or messaging can be helpful for quick check-ins, written reflection, or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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