About Marina
Marina Alexander is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 16 years of clinical experience in California. She welcomes people seeking clearer direction during difficult life moments and offers straightforward support to begin making practical changes. She emphasizes helping people identify the choices that shape daily life.
Marina listens with nonjudgmental attention and helps clients sort through conflicting opinions so they can decide what feels right. When worry or uncertainty leads to inaction, she offers steps to break the cycle and regain momentum.
How Marina works
Marina provides tools that can be used right away to reduce anxiety and lift mood. She addresses stress, depression, and coping with life changes using approaches grounded in evidence. She also supports those facing addictive behaviors, grief, and trauma and abuse concerns.
Parenting challenges and relationship issues are part of her focus. Marina has experience supporting parents managing disruptive behaviors and people navigating intimacy-related concerns. She also works with sleep and eating problems, anger, bipolar concerns, and compassion fatigue.
Her background includes training in Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, mindfulness-based methods, Solution-Focused Therapy, and the Triple P - Positive Parenting Program. Marina’s own life transitions and time living abroad inform a culturally aware style. She aims to meet people where they are and help them move toward what they want.
Sessions are offered in English and available to international clients. Marina combines practical guidance with warm, direct support to help people take the next step.
What Marina works with
The areas below are the ones Marina 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
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online sessions
Marina uses several evidence-based techniques to guide work in online settings. Cognitive Behavior Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. Emotionally Focused Therapy helps people notice and name emotions so they can address patterns that undermine connection and intimacy. Mindfulness-based methods teach simple attention and breathing practices that lower stress and improve sleep and focus.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. Marina will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues for deeper conversations. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or screen time is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins or ongoing support easier to fit into a busy day. These options help people keep momentum between sessions and make scheduling more manageable.
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