Cynthia Canales
Focused, practical support for life changes
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed in
- Florida, Maine
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Format
- Online sessions
About Cynthia
Cynthia Canales is a licensed clinical social worker who uses practical, evidence-based methods to address common life stresses. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, and addictions. She also supports those working on self-esteem, motivation, and building confidence.
Cynthia practices in Florida and speaks both English and Spanish. Her style is direct and respectful. She listens first, then helps set clear, achievable goals.
Sessions are tailored to each person rather than following a fixed script.
Background and approach
Cynthia emphasizes small steps that add up to steady progress. She has seven years of professional experience as an LCSW. That experience includes working with issues like grief, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue.
She also addresses sleeping problems and career-related concerns as part of broader life adjustments. Additional areas Cynthia addresses include caregiver stress, aging and geriatric issues, attachment and family of origin matters, and immigration-related stress. She also supports people dealing with process addictions such as gambling or compulsive behaviors and with drug and alcohol addiction.
Her approach is collaborative. Clients can expect practical tools for coping, clearer communication strategies, and support in sorting priorities. Cynthia frames therapy as a step-by-step process and works with each person to find the pace that fits their life.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Her work centers on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear skills and gradual change. One common approach she uses helps people identify and change unhelpful thought patterns so anxiety and depression feel more manageable. This method teaches practical steps to notice thoughts, test them, and try alternative responses in daily life.She also uses strategies aimed at coping with addictive behaviors and compulsive patterns. These techniques focus on understanding triggers, building healthier routines, and developing concrete relapse-prevention plans that fit a person’s daily schedule.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences, then suggest techniques that match your needs. Clients and the therapist adjust the plan over time based on what is working and what is not.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for this way of working. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that is helpful, while phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging provide flexibility for busy days. These options make it easier to fit skill practice and check-ins into real life, helping progress continue between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Maine
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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