About Perla
Perla Campos Ruiz is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and parenting challenges. She presents a calm, nonjudgmental presence and aims to create space for people to share their stories.
Background and approach
Perla emphasizes practical coping skills that can be used day to day. She has seven years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns.
Her background includes supporting victims of crime and domestic violence, and working with people involved with the Department of Children and Family Services. She has also provided care in correctional health and hospital settings where clients faced grief, PTSD, substance use, and mood difficulties.
Perla works with common life challenges like grief, sleep problems, anger, and difficulties with career or life purpose. She also supports people dealing with family problems, guilt and shame, feelings of emptiness, and issues related to self-love and women's concerns.
ADHD and relationship stress are part of her focus areas as well. In sessions she helps people connect their past experiences to current feelings and choices.
The work is practical and collaborative, with attention to skills that can be practiced between meetings. Perla aims to make therapy feel manageable, especially when it seems scary to be open.
Perla offers sessions in English and provides services remotely using a mix of video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Her practice is based in California and she brings a straightforward, supportive approach to each person’s concerns.
Practical therapeutic techniques for online care
Many therapists use evidence-based techniques that teach concrete skills. One common approach focuses on building coping strategies for stress and anxiety - teaching breathing, grounding, and step-by-step ways to handle overwhelming feelings. Another approach works on understanding how past experiences shape current choices and emotions, helping people notice patterns and try small changes that feel manageable.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which techniques fit their needs, goals, and preferences. This choice can change over time as progress is made and new concerns emerge.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow fuller conversations and visual cues when that matters. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for short check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send thoughts between meetings or check in during a busy day. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or daily life while still focusing on concrete skills and real progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English