Individual Therapy
Your Journey Back to You
Individual therapy provides a supportive, confidential space to better understand yourself, work through difficult experiences, and create meaningful change. Whether you’re navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, intrusive thoughts, relationship challenges, life transitions, or simply feeling stuck, therapy is tailored to your unique experiences, strengths, needs, and goals.
What to Expect
Individual therapy sessions are 50 minutes and are available in person or through a secure video platform. Your first few sessions are focused on getting to know you and developing a deeper understanding of what brings you to therapy. During your first session, we’ll review informed consent and confidentiality and begin a collaborative assessment exploring your current concerns, significant life experiences, relationships, strengths, coping strategies, and what you hope will be different as a result of therapy.
This assessment process typically continues throughout the first three sessions. Rather than rushing into solutions, this time allows us to understand not only the challenges you’re experiencing, but also the patterns, experiences, and circumstances that may be contributing to them. Together, we’ll identify what feels most important to address and determine a therapeutic approach that fits your individual needs.
By approximately the third session, we’ll develop a treatment plan with clear, meaningful goals using the S.M.A.R.T. framework—Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. From there, therapy becomes increasingly focused on helping you move toward those goals.
Therapy is a collaborative process, and your treatment plan is not meant to be static. We’ll regularly revisit your goals, talk about what feels helpful, and make adjustments as your needs or circumstances change. Progress may be evaluated through ongoing conversations about your experience as well as standardized measures, rating scales, and screening tools when appropriate. These tools help us track changes over time while recognizing that meaningful progress can also show up in ways that are deeply personal and not always captured by a score.
Throughout the process, the goal is to create a consistent and supportive space where you can feel heard, challenged when helpful, and actively involved in your care. Therapy is not about following a one-size-fits-all path—it is about building greater insight, developing practical tools, and creating changes that feel meaningful and sustainable in your everyday life.
Specialties Covered
Childhood Trauma
Life Transitions
LGBTQ+
Anxiety
Depression
Grief & Loss
WORK WITH US
How It Works
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STEP ONE
Schedule Your Consultation
Click the schedule appointment button and choose a convenient time for a free consultation call.
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STEP TWO
Chat with Rocio Vaca, LCSW
We’ll talk about what brings you to therapy, answer your questions, and see if we’re a good fit.
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STEP THREE
First Session
We’ll dive deeper into your needs, goals, and experiences and begin creating a path forward together.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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We will start by meeting once per week for the first three sessions and determine the frequency together, thereafter.
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Yes, our availability is centered around weekend and evening hours.
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Yes, telehealth is widely recognized to be just as effective as in person care. Research shows that outcomes are comparable because clinicals are still able to assess symptoms, adjust treatment and provide guidance in real time.
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If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, please call 911.
If your crisis is not immediate, please call our office at (714) 485-9226 and we will be happy to schedule the earliest appointment available.
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The number of sessions needed varies and depends on your unique goals, concerns, and circumstances.
Rather than a fixed number, counseling is best viewed as a flexible process that is guided by your needs, pace, and goals, which can be discussed and refined together over time.
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Yes, counseling is confidential with a few legal and ethical exceptions, such as safety concerns involving harm to yourself or others. Your counselor will explain these limits clearly at the start.
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No. Many people begin counseling without having everything figured out. Your counselor will help guide the conversation and support you in identifying and working through what’s most important.
Credentials You Can Trust
Our clinician is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who attends annual continuing‑education workshops and participates in peer consultations to continue development and evidence‑alignment.
License # 113199