Marie Urbina

Marie Urbina is a licensed counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma, and life changes. She brings 12 years of practical experience and a calm, respectful presence to each session. Marie focuses on clear goals and steady steps that clients can use outside of appointments.

Her style is warm and nonjudgmental. She listens closely and validates the feelings people bring. Sessions emphasize the client's priorities while offering structure when it's helpful.

Marie uses approaches that are straightforward and skills-focused. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and change patterns. Mindfulness practices teach simple ways to reduce reactivity and ease tension. Client-centered work keeps the conversation grounded in each person's values and goals.

She also draws on narrative and motivational techniques to help people reframe problems and find reasons to change. Those methods are useful for career decisions, shifting habits, and coping with major life transitions. Marie aims to translate therapy ideas into actions that fit everyday life.

Marie holds LPCC and LMHC credentials and has practiced in California. She works with a broad range of concerns including parenting stress, sleep difficulties, anger, low self-esteem, and career challenges. Her approach is collaborative and paced to the client's comfort.

To begin, people complete a short questionnaire and then schedule sessions. Marie focuses on helping clients move toward clearer priorities and steadier emotional balance over time.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and supporting the client's own goals. Online sessions framed this way center on the person’s priorities and move at their pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions, and guides practical skill building that can be practiced between sessions. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing exercises to reduce reactivity and manage stress.

Finding the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that seem relevant, and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful. That collaborative process helps tailor techniques to each person's needs and preferences.

Session formats are not specified in the therapist biography, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, reduce travel time, and let people use short check-ins or full sessions when useful. Many clients find that practicing CBT tools and mindfulness exercises between online meetings helps carry progress into daily routines.