Mary Cabarles , LCSW

Mary Cabarles is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in California with 18 years of post-graduate experience. The LCSW credential stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker and indicates advanced training to provide therapy and clinical social work services.

She began work in the social work field as a college sophomore and has since built a wide-ranging background across settings such as group homes, residential facilities, job coaching, programs for co-occurring disorders, homelessness services, domestic violence support, and criminal justice work. Her practice has addressed trauma, abuse, family dynamics, and public sector challenges, and she has supported people at many life stages including elementary-aged children, adolescents, young adults aging out of systems, adults, older adults, and hospice patients.

Mary launched her private practice during the pandemic to respond to rising stress from fear, job changes, financial strain, childcare and eldercare challenges, relationship pressures, racial injustices, poor air quality, wildfire displacement, and climate-related concerns. She focuses on offering an attentive listening ear, a space to vent, and practical planning to help manage complex, overlapping stressors and interpersonal concerns. Mary reports more availability on weekends.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Mary Cabarles

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify their values and build actions that align with what matters most, while learning to accept difficult emotions rather than getting stuck trying to eliminate them. It is often useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions.

Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early and ongoing relationships shape current patterns of connection and security, and it supports people working through relationship, family, and attachment-related challenges. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, nonjudgmental listening, and collaboration so the person leads the pace and goals of therapy, which can be helpful for building self-esteem and coping with emotional strain.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work itself. Mary partners with clients to determine which methods fit best based on their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts direction as progress unfolds.

Online therapy with licensed professionals offers practical flexibility - sessions by video, phone calls, live chat, and text-based messaging make it easier to fit care into busy and changing schedules. These options support ongoing access to therapeutic support across locations and life demands, while allowing therapists and clients to focus on meaningful, goal-oriented work.