Cecilia Samartin

Cecilia Samartin is an LMFT based in California who helps people facing relationship strain, grief, parenting stress, low self-esteem, and major life changes. She offers steady support when a person feels stuck after loss, a breakup, or a hard transition. Her approach aims to make day-to-day life more manageable and more hopeful.

Cecilia draws on client-centered and narrative methods to help people find meaning in painful experiences. She listens closely, reflects back what she hears, and helps people tell their story in a way that opens new choices. She also uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and build practical coping skills.

With two decades of clinical work as a licensed marriage and family therapist, she brings a calm, direct style to sessions. Cecilia emphasizes clear goals and small steps people can use between meetings. The work is collaborative and paced to each person's needs.

Cecilia addresses a broad range of concerns related to attachment, abandonment, blended family issues, caregiving stress, body image, codependency, commitment and communication problems, and separation or divorce. She helps people unpack family-of-origin patterns that keep repeating in adult life.

People who choose her practice usually want a thoughtful listener who also offers practical strategies. Her goal is to help clients leave sessions with clearer choices and a plan for the coming week.

Approaches that translate well to online work

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. It helps people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and practice alternative responses, which can be useful for low self-esteem, anxiety, and relationship stress.

Client-Centered Therapy centers on the client's experience and priorities. The therapist listens with empathy and helps the client find their own solutions, which supports healing after loss and during life transitions.

Cecilia treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She will talk with each person about goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust the plan as progress and preferences become clearer. The process is collaborative and paced to the client's needs.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. If you want to know which session formats are offered, confirm the current options before booking. Cecilia aims to help people use sessions in ways that fit their daily life and responsibilities.