Marina Escobar

Marina Escobar is a bilingual Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas. She brings eight years of counseling experience and focuses on common life strains like stress, anxiety, depression, grief, sleep problems, parenting pressure, addictions, relationship concerns, and anger. She aims to form a partnership with each person who reaches out and values steady, practical steps forward.

Marina works with straightforward goals. She helps people notice what gets in the way, build small skills, and use their strengths to handle hard moments. Sessions emphasize clear tools for stress, coping with loss, managing impulses, and improving self-esteem.

Her way of working is collaborative and warm. Conversations center on what matters to the person and what they want to change. Marina blends approaches that teach new thinking patterns, emotional skills, and present-moment awareness to meet those goals.

She also gives attention to ongoing life challenges like caregiver strain, aging concerns, codependency, and recovery from substance use. Marina can help people handle big life transitions such as divorce, relocation, or the aftermath of a disaster. She listens for what feels most urgent and then focuses sessions on achievable steps.

Marina offers counseling in both English and Spanish. She asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire to begin the process and to schedule sessions based on her availability. The cost varies by location and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How Marina Uses Evidence-Based Approaches Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches skills to notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and to act toward what matters. It often helps when people feel overwhelmed by anxiety, anger, or life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and gives practical exercises to change them; it is useful for depression, sleep issues, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, includes tools for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving communication when emotions run high.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Marina will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most manageable. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, avoid travel time, and check in during a shorter break. Some formats use less bandwidth or let people keep the camera off for a briefer check-in; ask about available options when you complete the matching questionnaire.