Caron Trataris

Caron Trataris is a California licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who helps adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and problems with self-esteem. She also supports people dealing with addictions, anger, parenting concerns, career transitions, and other life changes. Caron aims to make the first step feel manageable and speaks plainly about everyday struggles.

Her sessions focus on practical steps that make daily life easier. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to show how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Caron blends mindfulness techniques to help people notice physical responses and pause before reacting.

She also draws on narrative and solution-focused approaches to help clients reframe stories about themselves and find small, achievable goals. Somatic work is used when bodily sensations and stress are part of the problem. Sessions are collaborative and geared toward skills people can use between meetings.

Caron earned three master’s degrees, including a Master of Science in Counseling, Marriage, Child and Family Therapy from the University of Phoenix in Pasadena, California. She brings five years of clinical experience and a clear, down-to-earth style to her work.

If someone wants to begin, Caron asks them to complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule based on availability. She emphasizes simple, steady progress rather than quick fixes.

How Mindfulness and CBT Translate to Online Sessions

Mindfulness Therapy focuses on noticing thoughts, feelings, and body sensations without rushing to change them. It helps people calm physical reactions and find a small pause between feeling and action, useful for anxiety, anger, and stress.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to break unhelpful patterns. Narrative Therapy helps people reframe the stories they tell about themselves and choose new directions when old narratives feel stuck.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they try approaches, adjust based on what helps, and set short-term goals to track progress.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, and let people practice skills in real-life settings between sessions. Some approaches translate well to video or phone check-ins, and others use short exercises that fit into a lunch break or between appointments. Licensed professionals can adapt mindfulness, CBT, and narrative exercises to remote sessions so people can work on stress, mood, and relationships from wherever they are.