Mary Cabarles , LCSW

Mary Cabarles is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people who are coping with trauma, anxiety, stress, and challenges related to identity and life changes. She draws on nearly two decades of experience to offer steady, practical support. Sessions focus on what matters most to each person and on clear steps they can try between meetings.

Mary has a long history in social work that began early in her college years. Her background includes work in group homes, residential settings, job coaching, services for people experiencing homelessness, and programs addressing domestic violence and trauma. She has supported people at various life stages, from young children to older adults and those in hospice care.

In private practice she responds to the pressures many faced during and after the pandemic - financial strain, caregiving burdens, displacement, and heightened stress. She offers space to talk, to vent, and to plan practical responses that fit a person’s life. Her approach balances listening with clear, doable strategies.

Mary uses approaches that emphasize values, present-moment awareness, and changing unhelpful thinking patterns. She also attends to how early relationships affect current struggles and to what clients want from life now. Many people seek her support for self-esteem, relationship strain, grief, and substance concerns.

Based in California, Mary works with people on issues ranging from compassion fatigue and caregiver stress to career decisions and intimacy-related worries. She aims to make therapy understandable and usable, with attention to daily life and realistic goals.

Approaches that guide online work and practical care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to a person and taking small steps toward those values while learning to tolerate difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help people who feel stuck or overwhelmed by anxiety, grief, or life transitions.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current ways of connecting and reacting. It supports people who want to understand patterns in relationships, improve intimacy, or reduce reactivity tied to attachment wounds.

Mary treats choice of approach as a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about goals, daily challenges, and preferences, and together they will try methods that fit the person’s needs. Adjustments are made along the way if something does not feel helpful.

Online therapy with Mary is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video lets most people work face-to-face when that helps; phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Chat and text messaging can support ongoing reflection between sessions and quick check-ins during busy weeks. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, and other responsibilities.