Mariel Diaz

Mariel Diaz is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 18 years of professional experience. She is licensed in California and practices with clients who bring stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, family conflict, and career questions. She also works on attachment issues, communication breakdowns, control struggles, and questions about life purpose.

Mariel approaches therapy in a direct and practical way. Sessions focus on clear goals and manageable steps. She uses conversation to identify patterns that keep problems repeating. She helps people notice how thoughts, behaviors, and relationships interact in daily life.

Her clinical methods include Attachment-Based Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, along with Dialectical Behavior Therapy and mindfulness techniques. She draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at deeper patterns when helpful. These tools are used to address anxiety, workplace stress, relationship patterns, and trauma reactions.

Mariel adapts the pace of work to match each person. Some people begin with short-term skills for coping. Others shift into longer exploration of relationships and life purpose. She encourages practical experiments between sessions to test new ways of responding.

Sessions are conversational and focus on concrete changes you can try. Mariel helps people sort priorities and make decisions that fit their real lives. To start, select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

Approaches used in online sessions

Mariel commonly draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationship patterns influence current reactions and connection problems. This approach helps people notice how they relate to others and try different ways of connecting.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. CBT is useful for reducing anxiety, managing stress, and handling workplace or relationship challenges. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are used when people need practical emotion regulation techniques and clearer communication strategies.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Mariel will discuss options with each person and decide together what fits best given goals, preferences, and daily life demands. That collaborative decision makes it easier to try short experiments and adjust the plan as needed.

Session formats are not specified in the profile, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find online sessions help fit therapy into a busy schedule because they reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins during a break, or remove the need to be on camera for every meeting. Licensed professionals can adapt interventions used in person to work well over distance while focusing on practical changes and skills.