About Vanessa
Vanessa Uribe greets people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure about their next step. She guides clients through stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression in straightforward, compassionate sessions.
Background and approach
Vanessa emphasizes practical steps and steady progress rather than quick fixes. Vanessa is a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, practicing in California with 12 years of experience.
She treats life changes and questions about life purpose as chances to rethink goals and build new habits. Sessions focus on small, manageable moves that make daily life easier and more meaningful.
Her work is grounded in helping people notice patterns that keep them stuck. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to challenge unhelpful thoughts and to build healthier behaviors.
Conversations are interactive and aimed at practical improvements that fit into a client’s routine. Vanessa sees clients as the experts on their own lives and offers guidance to strengthen existing resources.
She talks through goals, tries simple experiments, and adjusts plans as progress unfolds. The tone is encouraging and goal-oriented, with respect for each person’s pace.
For those weighing therapy, she frames change as a series of choices rather than a single leap. The focus is on useful skills, clearer decisions, and steady gains toward a more satisfying life.
Vanessa supports clients through setbacks and celebrates small successes along the way.
How CBT and online sessions fit together
Vanessa uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice thought patterns that worsen anxiety and low mood, then practice different ways of thinking and behaving. CBT focuses on small, measurable changes - for example, testing a worry by trying a new action and tracking results. This approach is useful for stress, anxiety, self-esteem, and depression because it links thoughts, feelings, and actions in clear steps.Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, daily routines, and what has or hasn’t helped before. From there they choose or adapt techniques so they fit preferences and life demands, and they check in regularly to refine the plan together.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people use visual cues and keep a face-to-face feel while avoiding travel time. Phone sessions work well when video is difficult or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging provide brief check-ins and allow flexibility for quick updates between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family life, or a busy schedule while still working on concrete CBT skills and real-life changes.
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- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English