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- Mindfulness practices
- Behavioral strategies
- Strength based work
About Emily
California LCSW Emily Cortez-Benitez has five years of clinical experience offering individual therapy in English and Spanish. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, compassion fatigue, and life changes. Parents and caregivers who are worn down by caregiving demands, adoption or foster care challenges, or persistent loneliness often seek her support.
Emily describes her work as integrative and practical. She combines reflective mindfulness, behavioral therapy, and strength-based interventions to help people manage symptoms and solve daily problems. Sessions are conversational and include concrete tools clients can try between appointments.
She often helps people who are navigating major transitions or who feel depleted by long-term caregiving. Emily talks through coping strategies, routines, and skills for regulating intense feelings. She also helps clients notice and build on their existing strengths.
Emily frames therapy as a collaborative process. She listens for what matters most, then suggests short-term experiments and skills to test in real life. Progress is reviewed regularly so goals and methods can be adjusted.
Her bilingual offering in English and Spanish is intended to reduce barriers for Spanish speakers in California. To begin, clients follow the platform steps to match and schedule a first session. The therapy subscription can be canceled at any time.
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How Emily uses evidence-based methods in online sessions
Emily commonly draws on reflective mindfulness and behavioral techniques. Reflective mindfulness teaches brief attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and help with anxiety and stress. Behavioral techniques focus on changing routines and actions through small experiments, which can lower depression and improve daily functioning.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Emily will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try different methods, and adjust based on what helps. Clients and the therapist decide together which skills to practice between sessions and which methods to prioritize.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It also lets people practice skills in their regular surroundings and report back on how those tasks went in the next appointment.
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Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English, Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, compassion fatigue, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include adoption and foster care, caregiver issues and isolation or loneliness.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses an integrative approach combining reflective mindfulness, behavioral therapy, and strength-based interventions. Sessions emphasize practical tools and repeated review of what is helpful.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has five years of experience working in mental health settings. That experience includes supporting people through difficult life events and caregiving stress.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a California Licensed Clinical Social Worker, abbreviated LCSW. She practices from California.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Can people outside the United States access her services?
International clients are not accepted at this time.
How are sessions paid for?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the urgent help numbers.