Mari Flores, LCSW

Mari Flores is a licensed clinician in California with 10 years of professional experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, family conflicts, relationship challenges, low motivation, and issues with self-esteem and confidence. As an LCSW - a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - she combines clinical training with practical support to help clients navigate depression and everyday struggles that affect wellbeing.

Mari approaches each person as the expert of their own story, building on strengths and resilience already present in their life. She frames therapy as a collaborative journey, offering encouragement and guidance while empowering clients to take steps toward greater fulfillment and happiness. Seeking change takes courage, and Mari provides steady support for those first steps as well as ongoing momentum toward meaningful goals.

Her work centers on practical, compassionate care aimed at improving communication, boosting self-love, and addressing challenges common to women and young adults. Mari aims to create a respectful space where clients can explore concerns, develop new tools, and strengthen confidence to manage life more effectively.

Evidence Based Support and Online Care with Mari Flores

Mari uses a strengths based approach that focuses on identifying and building the abilities and resources a person already has. This method helps clients facing low self esteem, confidence challenges, and life transitions by highlighting practical steps and personal resilience. She also practices a person centered style that treats the client as the expert in their own life - the therapist listens, reflects, and supports the client's goals rather than prescribing a one size fits all solution. In addition, Mari draws on evidence based therapeutic techniques to teach concrete coping strategies for stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms, helping clients develop skills they can apply in daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the process, and Mari collaborates with each client to determine the best fit based on their needs, goals, and preferences. She partners with clients to adjust methods over time so therapy remains focused and useful.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to engage - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text based messaging - which can make it easier to fit care into a busy schedule or to continue therapy when in person visits are not possible. These options support consistent access to licensed professionals and make it simpler to receive ongoing help from wherever the client is located in California.