Maribeth Capen
Practical support for stress, mood, and life changes
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Maribeth
Maribeth Capen is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with 12 years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and addictive behaviors. Maribeth aims to create a respectful and compassionate space where someone can take a first step toward change.
She adapts conversations and plans to fit each person's needs. Sessions tend to be practical and straightforward, with attention to motivation, self-esteem, and confidence.
Background and approach
Maribeth listens for what matters most and then works with clients to set small, achievable goals. Over her career she has supported people dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, and mood-related concerns including bipolar disorder. She also addresses sleep and eating problems, parenting challenges, and compassion fatigue.
Additional areas she attends to include ADHD, social anxiety and isolation or loneliness. Maribeth also brings attention to life-stage and cultural factors, including aging and geriatric issues, multicultural concerns, and family-of-origin topics when they relate to current struggles. Her approach is practical and tailored rather than one-size-fits-all.
Sessions are offered in English and are conducted online through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Maribeth encourages people to start with a brief intake so together they can map out clear steps toward better daily functioning.
Evidence-informed approaches and online care
Maribeth draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and clear steps. One approach emphasizes building coping strategies for stress and anxiety through skills practice, problem-solving, and gradual changes in daily routines. This can help with sleep, worry, and everyday overwhelm.Another approach centers on mood and motivation, using goal-setting and structured conversations to improve self-esteem, manage depressive symptoms, and support recovery from addictive behaviors. These methods often break larger problems into small, manageable tasks so progress is visible.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify priorities, try methods that make sense for their situation, and adjust the plan when needed. Preference, goals, and what actually helps in early sessions guide the treatment path.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can fit into busy days, and live chat or text messaging provide shorter, on-the-go check-ins. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and to use therapy in ways that match a person’s schedule and comfort level.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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