About Marco
Marco Regalado Chacon is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in California. He has six years of clinical experience helping people who are coping with stress, anxiety, addictions, and depression.
Background and approach
Marco also supports clients facing LGBT concerns, self-esteem challenges, and issues that affect daily motivation. He aims to create a calm space where clients can talk openly about their thoughts and feelings.
Conversations are nonjudgmental and focused on practical steps that feel manageable. The first visit usually clarifies immediate concerns and sets small goals for change.
Marco pays attention to patterns that show up in relationships and self-image. He can help people work through attachment issues, codependency, and family of origin concerns.
He also supports those dealing with guilt, shame, isolation, or the emotional impact of illness and immigration stress. People bring a wide range of struggles, including post-traumatic stress, personality disorder symptoms, seasonal mood shifts, and self-harm thoughts.
Marco listens for what matters most to each person and helps turn that into a plan for the work ahead. Sessions combine conversation with concrete tools to build self-compassion and stronger coping skills.
Progress is tracked in small steps so people can see what’s changing. Marco’s approach is steady, practical, and centered on the client’s priorities.
Approaches that translate to online care
Marco uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One common approach involves working on thought and behavior patterns to reduce anxiety and depression; this looks like identifying unhelpful thoughts and practicing new responses in everyday situations. Another approach centers on attachment and relationship patterns, helping people notice how early connections affect current trust, boundaries, and self-worth.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Marco will talk with each person about goals, past experiences, and what feels most useful, then adjust methods as the work progresses. The client and therapist review what’s working and make changes together when needed.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video lets people use visual cues during conversation, phone calls require less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Multicultural concerns
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English