Lourdes Mayes, LCSW

Lourdes Mayes is a California licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 21 years of experience. She speaks English and Spanish and helps people handle stress, anxiety, grief, anger, depression, and relationship concerns.

She works with people who want clearer communication and less snapping at loved ones. Sessions focus on practical skills for handling frustration, improving problem solving, and repairing connection. Lourdes also supports those facing addiction, parenting strain, intimacy issues, and changes like divorce or loss.

Her approach mixes evidence-based methods such as cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy with acceptance and commitment ideas. In practice that means noticing unhelpful thoughts, trying out new responses, and practicing skills that reduce reactivity. Attachment-based ideas are used to look at how early relationships shape how people handle closeness and conflict.

In sessions she uses straightforward conversation and concrete exercises. People work on communication skills, handling impulsivity, and strategies for forgiveness and letting go of shame or guilt. She also addresses body image, codependency, and control issues when they feed into anger or relationship strain.

Lourdes encourages people to be honest about what they want to change. She pairs insight with skill-building so clients can try new behaviors between meetings. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish for California residents and international clients who wish to connect by the platform's process.

Her background includes long-term clinical practice across many settings, focused on helping people find better ways to manage feelings and rebuild trust in relationships.

How her approaches translate to online work