Rocio Samaniego, LCSW

Rocio Samaniego is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people managing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, low self-esteem, depression, and the effects of trauma and abuse. She speaks English and Spanish and brings 17 years of experience to sessions. Rocio aims to make the first steps toward change feel safer and more manageable.

Rocio views each person as the expert on their own life. She looks for existing strengths to build on and helps people use those strengths to face hard situations. Sessions focus on clear, practical steps that a person can try between meetings.

Her approach mixes cognitive behavioral ideas with client-centered listening and skills from dialectical behavior therapy. That means she helps identify unhelpful thoughts, practice new coping skills, and stays focused on the goals the person sets. She also draws on relationship work when communication and connection are the concern.

Rocio has worked with concerns such as parenting stress, anger, coping with life changes, isolation and loneliness, and issues tied to codependency and communication problems. She supports people dealing with divorce, domestic violence histories, forgiveness work, and finding life purpose as well.

People can expect conversations that are direct but respectful. Rocio offers guidance, skill practice, and space to talk through feelings. Her goal is to help people take small steps that add up to real change.

Online therapy approaches and how they help

Rocio commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered methods to help people manage symptoms and make practical changes. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking and acting to reduce anxiety or low mood. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so a person can clarify their goals and feel supported while trying changes.

She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills when emotional regulation or intense reactions are a concern. DBT offers specific coping tools for managing strong emotions, tolerating distress, and improving interpersonal effectiveness.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rocio collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and day-to-day life. She will explain options and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls are useful for deeper conversational work, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people share updates between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, childcare, or other responsibilities.