- Compassionate listener
- Practical coping skills
- Attachment informed care
About Lina
She offers space to talk about difficult feelings at a pace that feels right. Lina listens for what matters most and gently challenges patterns that keep people stuck. Her background includes two decades of clinical experience, which informs practical ways to cope and move forward.
Lina draws on therapy methods that focus on relationships, present experience, and skills practice. She uses approaches like attachment-informed work, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral tools, DBT skills, and EMDR when appropriate. These methods are used to address anxiety, trauma, self-esteem, and grief among other concerns.
Her cultural perspective reflects Navajo and Filipino roots, and she pays attention to how culture shows up in people's lives. Lina aims to make sessions feel respectful and personally relevant rather than one-size-fits-all.
Clients coming for hospice and end-of-life counseling will find someone who acknowledges loss and helps with meaning, practical coping, and emotion regulation. She also supports people dealing with parenting stress, addiction, career strain, and compassion fatigue.
To start, she asks people to share their goals and current struggles so together they can pick helpful steps. The focus is on useful strategies, clearer thinking, and steadier emotional footing.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
20+ years
Credentials
California
Languages
English
Therapeutic approaches that translate well to online work
Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape how people connect now. It helps when patterns of trust, closeness, or withdrawal get in the way of current relationships or emotional balance.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on how thoughts, feelings, and actions relate. It uses practical exercises and skill practice to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and change unhelpful patterns. EMDR, when used, offers a structured way to process traumatic memories and reduce their hold on daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Lina will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That may mean trying skills-based work for anxiety, attachment-focused conversations for relationship pain, or EMDR for trauma processing depending on what emerges in sessions.
Many people find online therapy helps fit care into busy schedules and reduces travel time. It can allow shorter check-ins between meetings or easier access from different locations. Confirm the current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered and can choose what fits your everyday life.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns can be addressed with Lina?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, and hospice and end-of-life counseling. Other focuses include parenting, addiction, self-esteem, relationship and career issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Lina keeps sessions caring, supportive, and intentional. She listens closely, offers practical coping tools, and gently challenges unhelpful patterns.
What is her background and experience?
She has 20 years of clinical experience. Her approach reflects long-term work with trauma, grief, and relational concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, licensed in California.
Which languages are sessions held in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are fees and billing handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Lina?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.