Gabriela Lozano

Gabriela Lozano is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 15 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing grief, trauma, eating concerns, relationship strain, and LGBT-related issues. Her manner is warm and interactive, and she aims to create a space where people feel heard and respected.

Gabriela often works with the emotional fallout of abuse and abandonment. She helps people who struggle with guilt, shame, codependency, and body image problems. She also supports caregivers coping with stress and those facing hospice and end-of-life counseling concerns.

Her approach blends client-centered work with cognitive and emotional techniques. Gabriela uses tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address thoughts and behaviors, and draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotional regulation. She weaves in psychodynamic ideas to understand patterns rooted in family of origin and early relationships.

Sessions are conversational and goal-focused. She listens first, then helps people try new ways of handling conflict, control issues, or addictive behaviors. When needed she uses motivational interviewing to build commitment to change and mindfulness exercises to reduce intense emotions.

Gabriela speaks English and Spanish and has worked with a wide range of concerns across many life stages. She invites people to take a first step toward understanding themselves and improving relationships, supporting them through each step of the process.

How Gabriela Uses Therapeutic Approaches Online

Gabriela draws on Client-Centered Therapy to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where a person's concerns are heard first. This approach focuses on understanding the client's experience and following their pace to find solutions that feel authentic.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. CBT helps people test unhelpful beliefs and try small behavior changes that reduce anxiety, shame, or disordered eating patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Gabriela will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and how they respond to different techniques. She collaborates to choose methods and adjusts them as the therapy proceeds.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the specific session options when you book. The practical benefits can include fitting sessions into a busy day, shortening check-ins when needed, and using audio-only meetings when camera time is difficult. These choices can make it easier to maintain ongoing work on grief, trauma recovery, or relationship issues while managing everyday commitments.