Felicia Ponce, LMFT

Felicia Ponce is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California with 14 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and parenting concerns, trauma and abuse, addiction, and issues around self-esteem, intimacy, and career changes. She also supports people coping with ADHD and eating or anger-related struggles.

She began clinical work after earning a master’s degree in 2010. Early in her career she worked at a private non-profit clinic serving children and families, then provided mental health services in a high school district. Those roles, plus time spent teaching psychology at the university level, shaped her practical approach to care.

In sessions she keeps things calm and down-to-earth. Her style leans on a person-centered stance that stays curious about each person’s story. She encourages clients to notice strengths they already have and to use those strengths to solve problems.

Felicia commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address thoughts and behaviors, and she uses attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships affect feelings. Motivational interviewing and mindfulness techniques are added when helpful to build motivation and reduce reactivity.

She treats therapy as a team effort. Clients set goals, and she helps guide steps toward them while respecting the client’s expertise about their own life. Sessions are practical, focused, and paced to match each person’s needs.

Approaches you might use in online sessions

Felicia commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; this approach is often useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and coping with life changes. She also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early and current relationship patterns shape feelings and responses, which can help with intimacy, relationship strain, and emotional reactivity.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each client to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they try techniques, review what helps, and adjust the plan so it fits the person’s life and pace.

Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and live chat or text-based messaging can fit busy days and provide quick reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and other commitments while still focusing on tangible change.