Marisol Cruz

Marisol Cruz is a bilingual counselor who works in English and Spanish. She holds LPC and LCPC credentials and has five years of experience as a mental health counselor. Marisol draws on a long history in school counseling to inform her practical approach. She focuses on clear goals and the issues that matter most to each person she meets.

Sessions start with what the client needs to bring up that day. Marisol then helps set a focused goal for the session and works step by step toward that goal. She uses straightforward tools to address stress, anxiety, depression, and ADHD symptoms. She also supports people dealing with relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting concerns, and substance use struggles.

Her style is warm and nonjudgmental. Marisol aims to create space for people to speak honestly about guilt, shame, anger, or loss. She often combines practical behavior-focused strategies with motivation-based techniques and mindfulness skills to help people make small changes that add up.

Marisol pays attention to role and life changes that can shake a person’s routine and sense of purpose. She helps clients work on communication problems, caregiver stress, workplace strain, and challenges with self-esteem. Life purpose and forgiveness are also areas she addresses in conversation and goal-setting.

Clients can expect direct, empathetic feedback and clear homework when it fits the plan. Her past work in schools gives her experience with supportive coaching and practical problem solving. People who want straightforward, goal-focused work often find her approach useful.

How her approaches translate to online work

Marisol uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing together with mindfulness-based practices. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying different behaviors to change how someone feels and acts; it is often useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Motivational Interviewing centers on a person’s own reasons for change and helps build commitment when motivation feels mixed. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices that can reduce reactivity and improve focus.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Marisol will discuss goals and preferences with each person and suggest which methods to try first. That choice is collaborative and can shift as progress is made.

The biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let people keep therapy in the same routine as other daily tasks while still focusing on clear goals and practical strategies.