About Marcela
Dr. Marcela Mejia is a clinical psychologist who speaks English and Spanish and practices in Florida. She has 25 years of experience helping people who are struggling with anxiety, stress, depression, addiction, grief, and relationship concerns.
She works with adults and adolescents to make problems easier to manage and to find a clearer path forward. Her approach is practical and team-based. Sessions focus on concrete goals and building skills to manage symptoms day to day.
Background and approach
She pays attention to how life events, relationships, and health affect mood and behavior. She also addresses issues such as body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and workplace or career strain. Marcela uses a mix of therapies to fit each person’s needs, drawing from cognitive behavioral methods, acceptance and commitment ideas, emotion-focused approaches, and client-centered work.
She emphasizes understanding each person’s point of view and building tools that reduce distress and improve functioning. Treatment is collaborative and paced to the individual. Her background includes clinical and independent practice settings across varied populations.
She combines assessment with ongoing treatment planning, checking progress and adjusting strategies as needed. She aims to help people regain hope, strengthen coping skills, and reconnect with valued life goals. She also offers help around specific topics like ADHD, intimacy-related concerns, eating issues, abandonment worries, and coping after disasters.
Her work is meant to be humane and practical, helping people take steps toward a more balanced life.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and persistent worries that get in the way of living a meaningful life.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. It teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns and is often used for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) looks at how emotions shape relationships and personal experience. It can help people understand and regulate intense feelings and improve connection with others.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals, and preferences and tailor sessions accordingly. This is a collaborative process that may combine methods as goals evolve.
Online therapy offers flexibility to fit sessions into a busy life. Video calls let the therapist see nonverbal cues and support deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for ongoing coaching, brief updates, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it easier to schedule regular appointments and keep therapy consistent.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Virginia
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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