Caron Trataris, LMFT

Caron Trataris is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, who works primarily with adults. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting challenges, career shifts, and midlife questions. Her approach aims to make daily life feel more manageable and support clearer decision making.

In sessions she uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to map how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Mindfulness techniques are woven in to help slow down strong reactions and create space for different choices. Narrative therapy helps people reframe difficult stories about themselves and their lives.

Caron blends practical skills with reflective work. She offers tools for coping with anger, addictions, hoarding concerns, caregiver stress, and blended family issues. She also supports people dealing with aging and geriatric questions and somatization related to stress.

Her background includes three master’s degrees: a Master of Science in Counseling, Marriage, Child and Family Therapy; a Master of Science in Psychology; and an MBA, all from University of Phoenix. She has five years of clinical experience working with adults in California.

Sessions focus on clear goals and step-by-step strategies. Clients can expect straightforward conversations, skill practice, and check-ins on progress. Caron invites people to start with a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on therapist availability.

How her approaches fit into online therapy

CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small experiments. That approach helps with anxiety, low mood, and problem behaviors by giving concrete steps to try between sessions. Mindfulness Therapy builds simple practices for noticing breath and body sensations to reduce reactivity and support calmer choices in stressful moments. Narrative Therapy invites people to tell and reshape the stories they tell themselves, which can help with identity, life transitions, and midlife questions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. Together they review what helps, adjust strategies, and set short-term targets to measure progress.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow quick check-ins when life gets intense, and remove travel time. Some approaches translate well to remote meetings because they use worksheets, short behavioral experiments, and guided exercises that can be done between sessions.