LMFT, 6 years of experience
Life comes with challenges. Whether you are faced with difficulties in managing stress, anxiety, depression, and/or wish to overcome trauma, seeking therapeutic assistance is a healthy step toward evolving into a better version of yourself. I have been working in this field for over eight years . I have experience working with the Hispanic community. I am a Certified EMDR Therapist. I am also trained in The Flash Technique, Trauma Focused CBT (TFCBT), Internal Family Systems, and most recently Internal family Systems and Brain spotting. Over the years, I have gained experienced in helping individuals deal with anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, self-harming, childhood trauma, relationship counseling and parenting. I'm passionate about helping people achieve their goals and I provide a safe, empathetic, healing environment.
The first session is focused on introductions, defining expectation, goals and objectives to formulate a plan to help achieve your goals.
My strength is in engaging clients, building a trusting relationship and helping client's heal from past traumas, reduce triggers and eliminate limiting beliefs.
Clients with trauma history, including physical, emotional, sexual abuse and/or neglect. Client that are struggling with anxiety and/or depression and/or feeling stuck in life. Clients that want to improve a strengthen an area of their life.
5 ratings with written reviews
July 9, 2025
Marlene she’s a girl’s girl! I love having my therapy sessions with her! Always!
June 18, 2025
I can’t say enough good things about my experience with Marlene. From our very first session, I felt genuinely seen and supported. She approaches therapy with a kind, authentic presence that makes it easy to be open, even when working through difficult emotions or experiences. She has helped me recognize patterns, build tools for growth, and reconnect with myself in ways I didn’t know I needed.
March 11, 2025
I did not appreciate a 45 min intake. She scheduled appointments and then said she doesn’t think talk therapy would make us fast progress . From the very beginning of my appointment I told her I have a child with me and I had no child care during our appointment . She also asked what I wanted out of therapy which I told her I wanted to talk with a professional and get support. She still continued the intake and making appointments until the very end said she is really busy and doesn’t have a lot of available appointments and she doesn’t think we can make progress with talk because she does other therapy. What a waste of my time! If she was a professional she would tell me right from the beginning and at least try to work with me by maybe saying let's start with talk and let’s plan to doing deeper therapy. If that was the case a plan to start with talk and go into deeper therapy, then I could arrange for childcare with my husband in advance. She did not even suggest planning anything out. Waste of time!
After recently being trained in this modality, in conjunction with years of EMDR experience, I find it will be easy to introduce to clients and anticipate it will be a great resource to help client's meet their goals.
CBT is a foundational modality that I started using in my practicum in 2016. It is introduced to all clients in session.
In 2019, I completed training in EMDR and in 2021, I completed and achieved certification. I feel confident in this modality and have seen wonderful results in clients. I have further received training in the Flash Technique which has been instrumental in helping client's overcome symptoms of trauma.
I attended a training in IFS and EMDR integration in 2023 and have been incorporating IFS into treatment with client since then. This modality is very helpful in helping clients contain parts of themselves and function from their true core self.
Mindfulness Based Therapy has been a method that I have used early on in my career. It is a practice to help ground clients and elevate insight and awareness.