Xenia Blanco

Xenia Blanco is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 19 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and family conflict, trauma and abuse, and depression. Xenia works with adults who are wrestling with life purpose and the questions that follow major changes.

She favors straightforward conversation and practical steps. Sessions focus on identifying unhelpful patterns, testing small changes, and practicing new ways of relating. Xenia uses techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to challenge negative thinking and from the Gottman Method to address communication and connection in relationships.

In practice she aims to create a calm setting for honest talk and clear goals. Clients can expect to name one or two problems to focus on and leave with simple actions to try between sessions. She also addresses caregiver stress, guilt and shame, isolation, and the strains around divorce or family of origin issues.

Xenia offers work that is direct and goal oriented. She supports people navigating young adult transitions and women's issues alongside social anxiety and post-traumatic stress concerns. Conversations include checking how a plan is going and adjusting strategies as needed.

Sessions are conducted in English and Spanish. Her years of practice in California inform a practical approach to finding clearer direction and handling everyday pressures. If someone wants to explore life purpose or improve relationships, she helps break the problem down into manageable steps.

How her approaches work in online sessions

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It breaks problems into small steps and gives practical exercises to try between sessions, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress.

The Gottman Method concentrates on how people communicate and solve problems together. It uses specific tools to improve dialogue, reduce criticism, and rebuild trust, and it can be useful for addressing recurring relationship conflicts.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Xenia will discuss your goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then try methods that fit those aims. That process is collaborative and can be adjusted as new needs come up.

Confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing sessions during a lunch break or from another convenient location. Some formats use less bandwidth or are shorter for quick check-ins, which can help maintain momentum while managing everyday demands.