Claudia Duarte, LCSW

Claudia Duarte is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who supports people navigating depression, anxiety, substance use concerns, relationship challenges, and major life transitions. As an LCSW, she is a trained mental health professional with social work expertise in assessment, treatment, and care coordination. Her practice includes extensive experience working with individuals in crisis and helping them identify approaches that restore safety, dignity, and hope.

She approaches each person as a complete individual rather than a label, meeting clients where they are without judgment or assumption. Claudia draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to tailor care to each person’s unique strengths and circumstances, taking into account cultural background, life experience, and current needs. Her work is collaborative - she partners with clients to explore patterns that contribute to distress and to develop practical tools for managing emotions, relationships, and change.

Claudia offers support to people dealing with stress, addiction, low self-esteem, mood disorders, and other challenges, and she brings particular attention to co-morbidity, codependency, communication struggles, immigration concerns, and young adult issues. She provides services in English and Spanish and is based in Utah. Claudia aims to walk alongside clients through difficult periods, helping them build resilience and find direction with compassion and respect.

Evidence-based techniques and flexible online care

Claudia uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on two complementary pathways. The first is collaborative exploration of patterns and relationships - working together to identify thoughts, behaviors, and relational dynamics that contribute to distress and to develop new ways of understanding those experiences. This approach helps with issues like mood disorders, communication problems, and life transitions.

The second pathway emphasizes practical skills and coping strategies that clients can apply day to day. These skills target stress, anxiety, cravings related to substance use, and emotional regulation, helping people build resilience and manage symptoms more effectively in real-world situations.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. Claudia works collaboratively with each client to determine which techniques align with their goals, preferences, and needs, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds. Licensed professionals and therapists aim to tailor treatment so it feels relevant and achievable.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life changes, and access care from different locations, while still receiving consistent, evidence-informed support from a licensed professional.