About Christian
Christian Garcia Maravillas is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on practical, person-centered care. He uses clear conversation and down-to-earth tools to help people manage stress, anxiety, anger, and low self-esteem. He has 11 years of experience working in California.
He adapts sessions to each person's needs and speaks both English and Spanish. He aims to make the first step less intimidating by keeping sessions straightforward and respectful.
Background and approach
Christian blends client-centered methods with evidence-based skills from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. That mix helps people understand unhelpful thoughts, practice new behaviors, and build emotional regulation skills. Sessions often include real-life strategies to reduce panic, address phobias, and lower day-to-day tension.
Parents and those facing trauma or grief can expect a calm, attentive approach. Christian talks through what matters most and helps set achievable steps for change. He pays attention to cultural background and how it shapes each person's experience.
Appointments are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Christian works with clients to match the pace and format that fit their lives and goals.
Evidence-informed approaches for online support
Christian uses client-centered therapy to build a trusting working relationship and focus sessions on what matters to each person; this approach helps people feel heard and guides the choice of goals. He also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which breaks big problems into manageable parts by identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and phobias.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Christian will talk with clients about their goals, preferences, and day-to-day realities and then choose or combine methods that fit. That decision is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video helps when face-to-face interaction is useful, phone works for lower bandwidth or shorter check-ins, and messaging suits quick check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum with flexible formats.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Multicultural concerns
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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