About Maria
Maria Regla helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, intimacy struggles, and low self esteem. She is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 20 years of experience. Maria speaks English and Spanish and works with people who need support through major life changes and painful events.
Her style is warm and pragmatic. She listens first to understand what feels most urgent. Then she and the client set simple goals and try small, practical steps to make day-to-day life easier.
How Maria works
Maria draws on client-centered therapy to follow each person's pace and perspective. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts and try different ways of thinking. She also integrates mindfulness practices to help people notice difficult feelings without getting overwhelmed.
When trauma is part of the story, she may use EMDR or DBT-informed skills to reduce intense reactions and build emotional tolerance. She also supports people dealing with caregiver stress, communication problems, control issues, grief from separation, and recovery after disasters. Sessions may include coaching on communication, tools for panic and anxiety, or steps to rebuild a sense of purpose and connection.
Maria aims to make therapy clear and manageable so people can try changes between sessions and track what helps. People can work with her in English or Spanish, and she accepts international clients. Her background and years of practice shape a calm, steady approach focused on realistic progress.
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What Maria works with
The areas below are the ones Maria selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead. In practice this means sessions start with what feels most important to the person and the therapist helps reflect feelings and priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, actions, and feelings interact and teaches practical tools to change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors. This can help with anxiety, panic, and stress. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is used when past trauma causes strong reactions; it aims to reduce the intensity of traumatic memories and make them easier to manage.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to pick techniques that feel right for their goals and comfort level. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most, so clients have an active role in shaping their care.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people use visual connection for deeper conversation while phone sessions can fit a quick check-in or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging make brief check-ins and step-by-step coaching easier between appointments. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between meetings.
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