Teresa Velazquez Navarro , LCSW

Teresa Velazquez Navarro is a licensed clinical social worker with 10 years of practice in California. She helps people who are juggling stress, anxiety, low mood, and relationship struggles. Teresa focuses on building a warm, nonjudgmental space so clients can speak honestly about what matters to them.

She aims to make sessions straightforward and practical. Teresa listens for patterns in thinking and behavior, then works with clients to find small changes that feel doable. She also addresses issues that often sit under the surface such as abandonment, attachment struggles, and feelings of guilt or shame.

Teresa draws on approaches that emphasize the client-therapist relationship and skills that support emotion regulation. That means she pays attention to how people connect with others and helps them practice new ways of relating. She also uses techniques that break down troubling thoughts and habits into manageable steps.

People who come to her often want help with body image, midlife questions, caregiver stress, or recovering from trauma and abuse. Teresa also supports clients facing divorce, separation, or challenges with communication and control. She aims to help people build clearer goals and steadier day-to-day coping.

Sessions are offered in English and can include talking through life purpose, handling impulsivity, or working through isolation and loneliness. Teresa works together with each person to tailor the pace and focus to what they need now.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Teresa commonly uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early and current relationships shape emotions and behavior; this helps people who struggle with trust, abandonment, or patterns in relationships. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which breaks down unhelpful thoughts and habits into concrete steps to change mood and behavior. Emotionally-Focused Therapy is part of her toolkit too, focusing on understanding and expressing core emotions to improve connection and reduce distress.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Teresa works collaboratively to figure out what fits a person's goals, needs, and preferences. She will suggest strategies, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful in sessions.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules. Video is useful for deeper conversations and nonverbal cues, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, chat works for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats provide flexibility so people can keep therapy consistent while balancing work, caregiving, or other demands.