Lourdes Mayes is a bilingual licensed clinical social worker with more than 21 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She offers care in English and Spanish and works from California. Her approach is practical and direct, aimed at helping clients build clearer communication and stronger coping skills.
Lourdes focuses on what’s getting in the way of daily life. She helps people understand the roots of their feelings and develop concrete strategies to change unhelpful patterns. That can mean learning problem-solving tools, improving conflict resolution, or practicing skills to manage intense emotions.
She uses familiar, evidence-based methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thinking, acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values and action, and attachment-based work to examine relationship patterns. Dialectical behavior ideas and client-centered attention shape a collaborative, paced process.
In sessions Lourdes often practices straightforward skill-building. She guides communication practice, supports work on intimacy and connection, and helps people facing issues like addictions, grief, parenting strain, and self esteem struggles. She also addresses concerns around body image, codependency, and coping with life changes.
Her style is warm and nonjudgmental but focused. She invites honest sharing, and she helps clients turn insights into real change. To begin, clients follow the site’s matching steps and then schedule sessions based on timing and availability.
How these approaches shape online work
Lourdes commonly draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy in her work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying and adjusting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety, depression, and problematic coping patterns. Acceptance and commitment therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values when feelings are difficult.
She approaches therapy as a collaborative process. Finding the right approach is part of the work together and she will help identify which methods fit each person’s goals and preferences. Clients set priorities and the therapist helps shape sessions around those aims so work stays practical and goal-oriented.
Session logistics and practical benefits should be confirmed before booking since formats are not listed here. Many people find that online options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, allow for shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove travel time so sessions can be scheduled around work or caregiving. If you want to work in English or Spanish and would like an approach focused on skills and values-based action, confirm the available session formats and then plan sessions that suit your routine.
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, anger, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting stress, self esteem concerns, and related areas like codependency and body image.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The style is collaborative and straightforward, mixing skill teaching with reflective conversation so clients learn tools and new ways of relating.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 21 years of experience in the mental health field working with a wide range of concerns.
What credentials and location apply?
She is a California licensed clinical social worker, listed as LCSW, and practices from California.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Session formats are not specified here, so please confirm current session options with the service before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the continue button on this profile, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
