Marla Flores Reves , LMFT

Marla Flores Reves is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people facing stress, anxiety, self-esteem concerns, and relationship challenges. She works with adults navigating life transitions, grief, caregiving strain, and issues that affect daily functioning. Her tone is practical and calm, focused on clear steps and steady support.

She brings 27 years of experience as a California LMFT. That background includes work on women’s issues, multicultural concerns, and caregiver stress. Marla draws on many ways of working to match what each person needs rather than using a single technique.

In sessions she uses a client-centered stance that puts the person’s goals first. She also uses elements of attachment-based work to look at how early bonds shape current relationship patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ideas help break unhelpful thinking and build new habits for coping with anxiety and depression.

Marla pays attention to practical life needs alongside emotions. That can mean building routines for better sleep, practicing mindfulness to calm worry, or creating communication plans for difficult conversations. She helps people set small, manageable goals and checks in on progress each week.

People come to her for support with parenting strain, intimacy-related problems, addiction concerns, trauma and abuse, bipolar and mood issues, career stress, and aging or caregiver challenges. She blends empathy with straightforward tools so clients can handle day-to-day demands while working toward longer-term change.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Marla uses client-centered therapy to create a space where the person's goals lead the work. This approach focuses on listening, reflecting, and helping people decide what changes matter most to them. Attachment-based therapy is also a common thread; it looks at how early relationship patterns influence current connection and helps people shift those patterns for better intimacy and communication.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Marla will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and use that conversation to shape the plan. Decisions are collaborative so the work fits the client's life and feels useful from the start.

Online therapy options include live video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people work face to face from different locations, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging provide flexibility for quick check-ins, homework support, or ongoing coaching between sessions. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and maintain continuity during life transitions.