Therapist profile
Hayley Mauro, LCSW
LCSW in California - Family and parenting concerns
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- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma and grief
- CBT and DBT skills
About Hayley
Hayley Mauro is a California LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) with seven years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, depression, and parenting concerns. She also works with people facing relationship strain, LGBT issues, eating concerns, and the ripple effects of life changes.
Hayley draws on practical, skills-based methods to help people manage symptoms and regain steadier footing. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to look at patterns of thinking and behavior. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotional regulation and distress tolerance. Mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused techniques appear in her work when those tools match a person's goals.
In sessions she helps people break problems into manageable steps. Conversations tend to focus on concrete coping strategies, small experiments, and short-term goals you can try between meetings. She pays attention to how stress and past hurts affect day-to-day life, and to practical ways to ease overwhelm.
Hayley has experience across settings that include work with adoption and foster care, aging and geriatric issues, cancer, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and young adult issues. She also supports people dealing with panic, self-harm urges, somatization, and compassion fatigue.
Sessions are conducted in English and follow California practice standards. If you want to learn more about how she works or what to expect in a first session, use the online therapy options and the short matching questionnaire to schedule a first visit.
How sessions work
How her main approaches shape online sessions
Hayley often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and try practical behavior changes. CBT offers clear steps and experiments you can do between sessions to test different ways of responding to stress or low mood.She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. These skills are useful when feelings feel overwhelming or when arguments keep repeating in close relationships. Mindfulness practices are used to strengthen attention and reduce reactivity in daily life.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the person to match methods to their goals, symptoms, and life context. Early meetings often include small trials of techniques so you can see what helps and what to adjust.
The original biography does not specify session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy routine - for example, shorter check-ins on a break, or being able to attend without travel time. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT and DBT skills practice to remote sessions so people can try tools in the moments they need them.
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Experience
7+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of family or parenting concerns does she address?
She helps people who are managing parenting stress, family problems, adoption or foster care related issues, and the strain of caring responsibilities.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is practical and skills-based, using CBT, DBT skills, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused methods as fits the person's goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years of professional experience working in clinical settings that included children, youth, and family environments.
What credential does she hold and where is she located?
She is an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) licensed in California and practices under that credential.
Are sessions available in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin or schedule a first session?
Click the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session through the platform.
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