Marla Flores Reves, LMFT

Marla Flores Reves is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people navigating big life shifts and personal struggles. She focuses on practical steps to reduce stress and anxiety, strengthen self-esteem, and manage relationship and career changes. Her tone is direct and warm, aimed at people who want clear support and steady progress.

With 27 years of experience, she brings long practice working with a wide range of challenges. Marla pays attention to how attachment and past relationships shape current patterns. She uses client-centered listening and cognitive tools to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.

Her work often includes mindfulness practices to calm intense emotions and brief, concrete experiments clients can try between sessions. She also engages existential questions about purpose and meaning when people face major transitions like midlife changes, caregiving demands, or career shifts.

Marla has helped people dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, mood disorders like depression and bipolar, and attention-related challenges such as ADHD. She also supports those coping with chronic health issues, caregiver stress, and blended-family situations.

Sessions emphasize collaboration. Marla helps people set realistic goals, track progress, and adjust strategies if something is not working. She works in English and practices in California as a CA LMFT.

How therapeutic approaches shape online care

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships affect current bonds and reactions; it helps people notice recurring patterns and build more secure ways of relating. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and respect - the therapist follows the person's concerns and helps them find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thought patterns and behaviors, offering concrete experiments to change unhelpful habits and reduce anxiety or low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Marla will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which ideas to try first and adjust the plan as progress is seen or new issues appear.

Practical benefits of online therapy include easier scheduling and the ability to fit sessions into a busy day. Online work can make it simpler to check in during a lunch break, avoid travel time, or maintain continuity during life transitions. Because session formats are not specified in the biography, confirm the current options before booking to make sure they fit your routine.