Licensed to practice in California and accepts 50 insurances. Specializes in Anxiety, Coping Skills, Peer Relationships and 10 more.
Casandra Aguilar
(she/her)
Hi, I'm Casandra, and I'm glad you are here! I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), with a master's degree from the University of Southern California. I decided to become a therapist because I love being able to help others. One of my favorite things is getting to know others and helping them to discover (or re-discover) who they are. Getting to help others realize their potential and overall improve their mental and emotional well-being is something I enjoy doing and consider it such a privilege.
Get to know me
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
In our first session, I will be asking, what can feel like an overwhelming number of questions, but this is to help me establish a better understanding of what led you to seek out therapy. This is the first time we can establish what issues might be occurring, and identify goals you are wanting to work on. This session allows me to understand what the following sessions will look like, in terms of the goals you have identified. This is the place where we start to establish a therapeutic relationship, to help you feel safe/comfortable, sharing what led you to therapy.
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
I have found that my style has worked well with adults who are 18 and older, who may be facing life changes or challenges. During these life changes, many often experience symptoms of anxiety, depression, or stress. My goal in working with you is to identify coping skills that can help to make these changes less challenging and to provide you with tools to help you be more successful in meeting your goals.
The clients I'm best positioned to serve
I work best with individuals who are feeling overwhelmed, stressed, anxious, depressed and stuck. Not only can we work together to identify ways to help reduce some of these feelings, but we can also work on identifying patterns that lead to similar behaviors that got you to this point. I'll help you to gain insight into what causes these feelings, and help you identify ways to work on reducing how often you experience these feelings.
Specialties
Top specialties
Anxiety
Coping Skills
Peer Relationships
Other specialties
Addiction
Anger Management
Career Counseling
Chronic Illness
Depression
Family Conflict
Grief
Life Transitions
School Issues
Self Esteem
I identify as
Hispanic / Latinx
Woman
Serves ages
Adults (18 to 64)
Licensed in
California
Accepts
Aetna
Aetna - ASR Health Benefits
Aetna - Allied Benefits
Aetna - Luminare
Aetna - Medicare
Aetna - Moda
Aetna - WebTPA
Aetna – HealthEZ
All Savers
Amerihealth Administrators
Amerihealth NJ Medicare Advantage
Arlo
AvMed
Blue Shield
Blue Shield of California - Medicare
Independence Personal Choice 65 PPO
Independence Keystone 65 HMO
Carelon Behavioral Health (Commercial)
L.A. Care PASC-SEIU
L.A. Care Covered
L.A. Care Covered Direct
Sutter Health Plan
IHSS Healthy Workers
Cash - $100 per session
Centivo
Cigna
Cigna - HealthEZ
EAP:Cigna
EAP:Evernorth
EAP:UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Evernorth
Golden Rule
Harvard Pilgrim/UnitedHealthcare
Humana - Medicare
Humana Dual (Medicare & Medicaid)
UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Optum
OptumHealth Complex Medical Conditions
Oscar
Oxford
Sharp Health Plan
Surest (formerly Bind)
Tufts Health/Cigna
United Medical Resources
UnitedHealthcare Dual (Medicare & Medicaid)
UnitedHealthcare Life Insurance
UnitedHealthcare Shared Services
UnitedHealthcare StudentResources
UnitedHealthcare/Optum - Medicare
UnitedHealthcare Complete Care (C-SNP)
Location
Virtual
My treatment methods
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I’ve been using CBT in my practice since I've started. It’s helped a lot of clients challenge reoccurring thoughts and to better manage their anxiety. We’ll use CBT to recognize how your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors influence each other. With this insight, you will be able to better manage and reduce symptoms of anxiety and stress.
Solution Focused Brief Treatment
We will work together to find solutions to issues that you are currently experiencing.
Supportive
It's important for me to meet a client where they are at, and to help work through what they are currently going through.
Interpersonal
It's important to learn how our interpersonal relationships impact us, and we can focus on how to improve those relationships, to help alleviate some stressors.