Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Depression
How Arthur works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- CA Psychologist
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 26
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Arthur
Dr. Arthur Magana uses a practical, person-focused approach to help people manage strong emotions and life stressors. He is a California psychologist with many years of experience, and he combines several therapy styles to meet individual needs.
He speaks English and can hold conversational sessions in Spanish when helpful. He draws on Attachment-Based and Client-Centered ideas to help people feel heard and understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy inform the skills he teaches for handling anger, anxiety, and mood swings.
Background and approach
Sessions often mix talking, problem solving, and skill practice to build day-to-day tools. His background includes work in child protection, foster care and adoption, inpatient psychiatric settings, and programs for bipolar spectrum disorders. That variety shaped a broad view of how life history, relationships, and practical stressors affect behavior and mood.
He leans on that experience when helping people with grief, trauma, parenting strain, and career or relationship concerns. People who come for help with anger or impulsive reactions often leave with clearer ways to notice triggers and try alternative responses. He also helps people tackle persistent worry, low mood, burnout, and issues around attachment and family of origin.
Sessions aim to strengthen coping, build self-understanding, and support steadier daily functioning. Dr. Magana describes himself as down-to-earth and direct, and he values honesty and a bit of humor in sessions.
He has 26 years of experience and practices in California as CA Psychologist 18143, bringing practical strategies tuned to each person's goals.
What Arthur works with
Everything Arthur lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Arthur's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Arthur lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approach-focused online therapy that fits your life
Dr. Magana uses Attachment-Based Therapy to pay close attention to how relationships and early bonds shape current feelings. That helps when past hurts, abandonment, or family patterns make anger or closeness difficult. He also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and build clear steps to change behaviors and mood. CBT is useful for anxiety, low mood, and managing impulsive reactions.Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. He collaborates with each person to choose approaches that match their goals and daily demands. Sessions include joint problem-solving, practicing skills, and checking what actually helps between meetings.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video lets for face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations, phone can be a simpler option when bandwidth is an issue, and live chat or messaging supports shorter check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, parenting, and other commitments while keeping the focus on practical strategies and steady progress.
Questions people ask about Arthur
What kinds of concerns does he address?
He helps people facing stress, anxiety, anger, depression, trauma, grief, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem difficulties, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and related life changes.
What is his therapeutic style?
He combines attachment-informed listening with client-centered attention and skills-based methods like CBT and DBT to teach emotion regulation and practical coping.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He brings 26 years of experience working in a range of settings including child protection, foster care and adoption, inpatient psychiatry, and bipolar care programs.
What credentials and location are listed?
He is a California psychologist listed as CA Psychologist 18143 and practices from California.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English, and he is comfortable speaking conversational Spanish when that helps the work.
What session formats are available?
He meets via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.