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Mandy Lopez Azimy

Calm, structured support for clearer thinking

LCSW New Mexico

Experience
12 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Self esteem
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
Languages
English

About Mandy

Mandy Lopez Azimy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker whose practice in New Mexico blends practical structure with a compassionate, measured approach.

Background and approach

With 12 years of experience, she focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, burnout, life transitions, and related challenges such as grief, trauma, and self-esteem struggles. Mandy frames therapy as a steady, manageable process that emphasizes clarity and problem-solving over time.

Her style is warm and structured, inviting clients to move at a pace that feels comfortable while establishing predictable communication rhythms. Rather than relying only on scheduled live sessions, she offers formats that let clients reach out when issues are fresh, facilitating timely reflection and intervention.

Mandy’s work incorporates cognitive behavioral ideas alongside attachment-based and client-centered perspectives, and she also draws on motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques to tailor support to each person’s needs. Clients can expect a collaborative relationship aiming to make concerns more understandable and solvable, with attention to practical coping strategies and emotional processing.

Mandy aims to create a calm, steady therapeutic environment where gradual progress accumulates into meaningful change.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Options

Many clients find cognitive behavioral therapy helpful for identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors; in practice this involves noticing patterns, setting achievable experiments, and building practical coping skills for issues like anxiety, depression, or sleep and eating concerns.

Attachment-based therapy is centered on understanding how early relationships shape current ways of connecting and responding, which can be useful for intimacy-related struggles, communication problems, and attachment issues. Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathy, acceptance, and collaborative pacing so clients feel heard while exploring their goals and values.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process; Mandy works collaboratively with clients to determine which combination of methods best fits their needs, goals, and preferences rather than prescribing a single path. This collaborative tuning helps ensure the work feels relevant and manageable.

Online formats offered include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which can increase flexibility for people with busy or unpredictable schedules. These options allow sessions to occur where and when they fit into daily life, support timely reflection when issues arise, and make it easier to maintain regular contact and momentum between appointments.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she commonly address?
Mandy works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, burnout, life transitions, grief, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, eating and sleeping problems, parenting and career stress, and additional areas like ADHD and compassion fatigue.
What therapeutic style can I expect in sessions?
Her approach is warm and structured, blending client-centered listening with practical strategies drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused methods to help clarify problems and develop coping plans.
How much experience does she bring to practice?
She has 12 years of experience working as a licensed social worker and applies that background to support people through emotional and practical life challenges.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with licenses listed as AZ LCSW LCSW-23573 and NM LCSW C-09467 and practices from New Mexico.
What languages are available for therapy?
Therapy is offered in English only, and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats are offered?
Sessions are available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible options that fit different schedules and comfort levels.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

Family conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Motivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

12+ years

Licensed

New Mexico, Arizona

Languages

English