Marilyn Ramirez-Torres , LCSW

Marilyn Ramirez-Torres is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with nine years of professional experience in mental health services in California. As an LCSW she brings clinical training in supporting people through trauma and abuse, LGBTQ+ related concerns, grief and loss, motivation challenges, self-esteem difficulties, depression, anxiety, borderline personality disorder, and bipolar disorder. She works from an evidence-informed perspective and focuses on practical ways to help clients manage symptoms and build resilience.

Marilyn emphasizes a strengths-based view that recognizes each person as the expert of their own story. She partners with clients to identify existing resources and skills that can be applied to overcome life challenges. She also acknowledges that beginning therapy can require courage and validates the effort it takes for someone to reach out for help, offering steady, empathic support as clients move toward their goals.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care

Marilyn draws on evidence-based techniques that are tailored to each client's needs. Trauma-informed approaches focus on understanding how past harm affects current thoughts, emotions, and relationships, and help people build safety, grounding skills, and ways to process difficult experiences. A strengths-based approach centers on identifying and using a client's existing abilities and resources to promote recovery and increase resilience, useful for challenges like low self-esteem, motivation, and life transitions. Grief-focused support helps people navigate loss by validating emotions, exploring meaning, and developing coping strategies to adjust to changed circumstances.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is collaborative. Marilyn works together with clients to assess needs, goals, and preferences, then adapts techniques and pacing so the work fits each individual. This shared process helps ensure therapy feels relevant and manageable.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can be scheduled by video call or phone, and shorter check-ins are available via live chat or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to connect from a distance, fit care into busy schedules, and maintain continuity of support when life circumstances change.