Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Marina works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Marina
Marina Alexander is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 16 years of clinical experience. She frames therapy as a practical process that helps people clarify decisions, feel less stuck, and take steps that improve day-to-day life. Her tone is warm and straightforward, focused on real change rather than jargon.
Marina helps adults navigate stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. She also supports people working through relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, grief, trauma and abuse, addictive behaviors, and anger.
Background and approach
She uses approaches that offer concrete tools clients can try between sessions. Sessions usually begin by identifying what feels stuck and what matters most to the client. Marina then offers simple, usable strategies to reduce symptoms and build coping skills.
She pays attention to how choices shape daily life and encourages small, steady steps toward clearer goals. Her work is influenced by both clinical training and personal experience living in different countries. That background helps her understand cultural differences and connect with people from varied backgrounds.
She describes therapy as a place to be heard and understood while learning practical ways to change. Marina emphasizes collaboration: she and the client decide which tools fit best for the person's life and goals. Her aim is to help clients feel more empowered, make clearer choices, and move toward a life that works better for them.
What Marina works with
Everything Marina lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Marina's practice.
Practical approaches and online therapy options
Marina draws on practical, evidence-based techniques that give people usable skills. Cognitive Behavioral approaches focus on spotting unhelpful thinking and changing actions that keep problems going, which can help with anxiety, depression, and anger. Mindfulness-based strategies teach simple attention and breathing practices to reduce stress and help with sleep and emotional regulation.Finding the right approach is a shared process. She works together with clients to try methods that match their goals and daily life, adjusting as needed based on what helps most. That collaborative stance helps clients feel involved in decisions about their care.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let you work face-to-face when discussion and visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow ongoing support between sessions and can fit into busy days or be used for brief reflections and updates.
Questions people ask about Marina
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, anger, grief, trauma, parenting challenges, addictive behaviors, and related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her approach is practical and collaborative, offering concrete tools and step-by-step strategies to help people feel less stuck and make clearer choices.
How long has she practiced?
She has 16 years of experience working as a psychotherapist with adults in a variety of life stages.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT - practicing in California.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
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 her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.