About Maura
Dr. Maura Castellanos began her career in mental health working as a chemical dependency technician in a dual diagnosis treatment setting. She later completed a master’s degree in clinical psychology with emphasis in marriage and family therapy and earned a doctorate in clinical psychology.
Dr. Castellanos has 12 years of experience across hospitals, community clinics, correctional settings, and independent practice in California. She uses a client-centered stance and focuses on the whole person.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative and practical. She helps people talk through anxiety, depression, stress, burnout, addictions, and ADHD-related concerns. Dr.
Castellanos also supports people facing grief, trauma, sleep problems, parenting stress, relationship difficulties, and career strain. She pays attention to family of origin issues, caregiver stress, and feelings of emptiness or isolation. Her background includes work with substance use and mood disorders.
Her approach mixes clear strategies with open conversation. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused tools to set small, achievable steps. Existential ideas help clients clarify meaning and values when life feels unsettled.
People who prefer straightforward, down-to-earth conversations often find this style helpful. Dr. Castellanos explains options and makes a plan together.
She encourages questions and adjusts the pace to match each person’s needs.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person without judgment and building a trusting connection. It helps when someone needs space to talk through feelings and make their own choices about change.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and managing ADHD-related routines.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods that match your needs, adapting over time based on what helps. This is a collaborative process where feedback shapes the plan.
Online sessions offer a lot of flexibility. Video calls let you work face-to-face when you want deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth or being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging are handy for brief check-ins, between-session support, or shorter coaching-style interactions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and try different ways of connecting.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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