About Mary
Mary Baez is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addiction issues, grief, depression, ADHD, and trauma. She emphasizes building trust early on so clients feel heard and understood. Sessions are grounded in warmth and a nonjudgmental approach to encourage honest sharing.
With 16 years of experience in a range of clinical settings, Mary draws on practical tools suited to each person's needs.
Background and approach
She listens closely and tailors interventions rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan. Her goal is to help people find strengths they can use every day. Mary blends person-centered care with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy when those methods fit the concern.
She also uses emotionally-focused ideas and existential perspectives to help people explore meaning and relationships. These approaches support change through skill-building, emotional awareness, and clearer communication. Clients can expect focused work on coping skills, emotion regulation, boundary setting, and problem solving.
Mary pays attention to cultural and immigration-related concerns and the stresses common to first responders and blended families. She also addresses workplace strain and compassion fatigue among caregivers. Mary supervises newer clinicians and continues learning from her clinical work.
She prefers to collaborate with each person on goals and next steps, helping them move toward a life that feels more manageable and authentic.
How Mary blends approaches for online therapy
Client-centered therapy puts the person and their experience at the center of sessions, with the therapist listening closely and reflecting what matters most. This approach helps people feel understood and guides the work that follows. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. It is useful for people who want clear strategies and homework to practice between sessions. Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills to help manage intense feelings and improve relationships.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Mary will work with each person to identify goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan if something isn’t working. That collaborative stance helps match methods to a person’s needs and preferences rather than imposing a single model.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit varied schedules and comfort levels. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone needs a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging make it possible to share brief updates or process emotions between fuller sessions. These options increase flexibility and make it easier to maintain continuity of care amid busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
Therapeutic approaches
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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