Paloma Chavez

Compassionate therapist blending evidence and empathy

LMFT California

Experience: 13 years in practice
Focus areas: Stress, Anxiety, Anger, Depression
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages: English

About Paloma

Paloma Chavez is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in California with 13 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and the challenges that come with life changes, drawing on interventions that promote coping skills, emotional regulation, and personal insight.

Background and approach

Her work combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with client-centered and mindfulness-based methods to build practical strategies alongside empathic support. Paloma also integrates trauma-focused and psychodynamic perspectives when exploring how past experiences influence current patterns, particularly around relationship issues, family concerns, grief, and identity questions.

Clients can expect a collaborative, culturally sensitive approach that attends to communication struggles, financial and career stressors, and complex family dynamics including adoption and foster care considerations. She emphasizes strengthening self-esteem, addressing compassion fatigue, and supporting pathways toward clearer life purpose and improved coping.

Her practice is grounded in respect for each person’s background and aims to help them develop sustainable skills for daily life and healing.

Integrating proven approaches through online care

Paloma often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, offering concrete skills for managing anxiety, mood challenges, and stress. She also draws on Mindfulness Therapy to teach present-focused awareness and stress reduction techniques that can support emotion regulation and resilience.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process; the therapist works together with each client to consider goals, preferences, and the specifics of their situation before shaping a plan. That collaborative exploration may draw on additional psychodynamic or trauma-focused ideas when it seems relevant to understanding long-standing patterns or recovery from difficult experiences.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and communication styles. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, maintain continuity during transitions, and access care across distances while allowing licensed professionals to apply the same therapeutic methods they use in person.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist help with?

Paloma Chavez works with a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, anger, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and family problems, parenting challenges, self esteem, career and life purpose issues, and multicultural concerns.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her approach blends client-centered support with practical techniques, emphasizing collaboration, cultural sensitivity, and the development of coping and communication skills.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 13 years of experience providing clinical care and supporting clients through a range of emotional and life challenges.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is an LMFT licensed in California, credential listed as CA LMFT 92507, and maintains practice in California.

Does she work with international clients or in other languages?

She accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English.

What session formats are offered?

Sessions are available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different communication preferences.

How does pricing work for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are accessed through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin if I want to work with her?

To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule appointments according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyAnger managementDepression Coping with life changes Compassion fatigue

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuse GriefParenting issuesSelf esteemCareer difficulties

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessImmigration issuesIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCD Panic disorder and panic attacks Phobias Post-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapyPsychodynamic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

13+ years

Licensed

California

Languages

English