About Cinda
Cinda Salas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship and family concerns, trauma and grief, parenting challenges, and ADHD. She writes plainly and speaks directly so parents and individuals can understand next steps. Her style is straightforward and respectful.
She draws on clinical experience in hospital settings, medical social work, child protective services, and work with a foster family agency. That background gave her experience with crisis work and practical problem solving.
Background and approach
She uses clear communication to help people notice what is getting in the way of change. Cinda tends to be matter-of-fact and direct in sessions. She often says what friends might avoid saying, while also listening closely.
People can expect to be heard and treated with dignity as they talk through hard topics. She earned a Master of Social Work degree from Loma Linda University in 2014 and holds a California LCSW license. She is comfortable talking about religious beliefs and traditions when those matters are important to a person’s healing and decision making.
In practical terms she focuses on goals and small steps. Conversations aim to change routines, reduce overwhelm, and build coping skills. If someone is ready to try something different, she offers steady support toward those goals.
Practical approaches and online care
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them against reality. It helps with anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching concrete skills to change thinking and behavior.DBT, or Dialectical Behavior Therapy, emphasizes learning emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal skills. It can help people manage strong emotions, reduce impulsive reactions, and improve relationships.
Solution-Focused Therapy centers on what people want to achieve and on small, practical steps toward those goals. It often leads to brief, goal-directed work that highlights strengths and immediate changes.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, life situation, and preferences. Together they will try methods that fit and adjust as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for more in-depth sessions when seeing facial cues matters. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people send updates, ask quick questions, or check in between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family or work routines while keeping care consistent.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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