Mayra Beas, LCSW - Therapist in California

About Mayra

Mayra Beas is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in California. She brings eight years of experience in mental health work and focuses on everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, anger, and depression. She aims to help people find clearer ways to cope and feel steadier during change.

Her style is warm and practical. She treats each person as the expert on their life and listens first. Then she helps identify simple steps and tools to reduce overwhelm and improve day-to-day functioning.

Background and approach

Mayra uses a blend of approaches to match what each person needs. She often draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses client-centered methods that follow the person’s priorities and Solution-Focused Therapy to set clear, short-term goals.

Sessions typically focus on skills you can use between meetings. That might include stress management, communication strategies, or ways to handle panic when it starts. The pace is collaborative and aimed at practical results you can notice week to week.

Mayra works with concerns related to relationships and family as one part of her practice. Conversations address communication problems, guilt or shame, and coping with life transitions. Therapy can be short-term and goal oriented or more open-ended, depending on what feels most helpful.

She offers sessions in English and provides phone, video, live chat, and text-based messaging formats. To begin, a short questionnaire and scheduling step are used to match needs with timing.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy in this practice means the therapist follows the person’s priorities and listens closely before suggesting steps. It helps when someone needs a space to be heard and to shape goals at their own pace.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and then testing small, practical changes. It is useful for anxiety, panic, and mood concerns because it gives clear tools to practice between sessions.

Solution-Focused Therapy targets concrete, short-term goals and what will look different when things improve. That approach works well for people who want focused progress and skills they can apply quickly.

Finding the right mix of these methods is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through options and tailor the plan to the person’s needs, goals, and preferences in a collaborative way.

Online formats include video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make scheduling more flexible and let people continue work from home, work, or while traveling. The different formats also let someone pick the way of communicating that feels safest and most practical for them.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Solution-Focused Therapy

Rather than examining the problem at length, this looks at what is already working and builds on it. Sessions tend to be practical and forward-looking, with small achievable steps, which translates readily to shorter online conversations.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship and family concerns, and coping with life changes. Additional areas include communication problems, guilt and shame, and panic disorder or panic attacks.

What is her general approach in sessions?

The approach is collaborative and practical. She listens first, then helps set short-term goals and teaches skills you can use between meetings.

How long has she been practicing?

She has eight years of professional experience in the mental health field.

What are her credentials and where is she licensed?

She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, licensed in California with CA LCSW 123835.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I start working with her?

Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Anger management
Depression

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 8 years
Licensed: California
Languages: English

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