Therapist profile
Lenita Marquez, LMHC
Washington LMHC - Family and parenting concerns
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- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting support
- CBT and DBT methods
About Lenita
Lenita Marquez is a Washington LMHC with nine years of clinical experience. She works with adults dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, parenting strain, relationship problems, grief, and related concerns. Sessions focus on practical steps people can use between meetings.
She draws on Client-Centered work to build open, respectful conversation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thinking and shift behavior patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers concrete skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
Lenita pays attention to family and parenting questions, including blended family issues, adoption and foster care matters, and communication problems at home. She also addresses attachment concerns, abandonment, and intimacy-related issues that affect everyday relationships.
Her work includes support for substance use and co-occurring disorders, domestic violence recovery, and compassion fatigue for people in caregiving roles. She helps people manage ADHD-related challenges and work through body image, self-esteem, and commitment or control issues.
In sessions she focuses on clear goals and simple tools that fit into daily life. People can expect direct discussion, skill practice, and follow-up actions to try between sessions. The aim is steady progress on the practical problems that are most pressing.
Lenita practices in Washington and conducts sessions in English. To begin she asks prospective clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial meeting.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on open listening and supporting the client's perspective. In practice this means sessions center on the adult's concerns and priorities, with the therapist reflecting and clarifying so people can make sense of their choices.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses simple exercises and homework to test new ways of thinking and to build small behavior changes that reduce anxiety or improve mood.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions, tolerating distress, and improving interpersonal effectiveness. Those skills are useful for parenting stress, relationship conflict, and managing anger.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, trial methods, and adjust strategies based on what works and what feels useful to the client. That collaboration continues across sessions as progress and priorities shift.
Confirm the exact session formats before booking since the profile does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Many people find that having flexible scheduling and actionable skill practice helps carry improvements into everyday life.
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Experience
9+ years
Listed in
Washington
Languages
English
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What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, relationship and parenting concerns among other issues listed in her profile.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style blends client-centered conversation with practical techniques from CBT and DBT to address thinking patterns and emotion regulation.
How much experience does she have?
She has nine years of clinical experience as a licensed mental health counselor in Washington.
Is she a licensed provider and where does she practice?
She is an LMHC licensed in Washington and provides services to people located in that state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not listed in the profile.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin the process?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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