Marie Urbina, LPCC, LMHC

Marie Urbina is a licensed mental health counselor with 12 years of clinical experience who works with adults facing a wide range of emotional and life challenges. She holds LPCC and LMHC credentials - Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Licensed Mental Health Counselor - and practices from California, bringing a calm, attentive presence to sessions. Her experience includes helping people manage trauma and abuse, anxiety and depression, relationship concerns, parenting and career struggles, sleep difficulties, anger, self-esteem issues, OCD, and ADHD.

Her therapeutic approach is warm and engaging, grounded in validation and respect. Marie focuses on client-centered care, meeting each person where they are and helping them clarify goals while honoring the client’s choices about treatment direction. She integrates cognitive-behavioral techniques and mindfulness strategies along with motivational interviewing and trauma-informed methods to create practical, strength-based plans for change.

Marie aims to be nonjudgmental and solution-oriented while attending to the emotional experience behind problems. She supports clients in building coping skills for life transitions, improving communication in relationships, and addressing long-standing patterns that interfere with well-being. Prospective clients can expect a collaborative, steady clinician who prioritizes clarity, empathy, and measurable progress.

Therapeutic approaches and accessible online care

Marie uses client-centered therapy, which places the client’s goals and experiences at the center of care and encourages collaboration and self-directed growth. This approach is helpful for people who want a supportive, validating space to explore values and choices.

She also applies cognitive behavioral therapy - CBT - to help clients identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavioral patterns. CBT is well suited for anxiety, stress, sleep problems, and many day-to-day challenges that respond to practical skill-building.

Mindfulness therapy is used to increase present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity, offering tools that can support emotional regulation and coping with chronic stress and trauma symptoms.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and Marie approaches that choice collaboratively. She works with each client to match methods to their needs, goals, and preferences and adjusts strategies over time based on what is most helpful.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which provide flexibility for scheduling and make it easier to fit care into busy lives. These formats allow licensed professionals and therapists to offer consistent support across different communication styles and practical circumstances.