Therapist profile
Gabriela Lozano, LMFT
California
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - Relationships and Trauma
Continue with GabrielaWhere Gabriela stands
- Credentials
- LMFT
- License
- LMFT, California / 113515
- NPI
- 1275253858
- Experience
- 15 years
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Location
- California
About
- Codependency support
- Emotion regulation
- Mindfulness skills
About Gabriela
Gabriela Lozano is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 15 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, eating and body-image concerns, and LGBT-related issues. She also addresses patterns like codependency, people-pleasing, and problems saying no.
Gabriela uses a direct, interactive style in sessions. She listens, asks questions, and helps clients identify patterns that get in the way. Sessions focus on practical skills for handling emotion, improving communication, and setting boundaries in difficult relationships.
Her approach blends client-centered work with psychodynamic ideas and cognitive-behavioral methods. That means she pays attention to present problems while tracing recurring patterns from past experiences. She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy and mindfulness techniques to teach emotional regulation and distress-tolerance skills.
Gabriela often helps people untangle how family of origin and early attachments affect current relationships. She supports those who live with or around someone else's substance use or volatile moods, and people dealing with grief or loss related to caregiving or end of life.
Sessions can include role plays, thought records, and mindfulness exercises. Gabriela aims to help clients practice new ways of speaking up and saying no, notice unhelpful thinking, and try small changes between meetings. She offers work in English and Spanish and practices in California.
How sessions work
How Gabriela uses therapy methods online
Gabriela integrates client-centered therapy in sessions by prioritizing the client's perspective and inviting them to lead discussions about what matters most. This approach helps when someone needs space to name values, feelings, and relationship goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through exercises like thought records and experiments. CBT can help with anxiety, low mood, and eating-related patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) techniques offer concrete tools for managing strong emotions and improving distress tolerance, including skills for emotional regulation and interpersonal effectiveness.Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Gabriela will collaborate with each person to see which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That might mean trying CBT-focused homework for a while, then adding DBT skills or client-centered reflection based on how the work goes.
Confirm current session formats before booking, as the profile does not list specific delivery modes. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into everyday life by cutting travel time, offering shorter check-ins when needed, or reducing the need to be on camera. These practical benefits can help people keep therapy consistent while they practice new boundaries, communication skills, and emotion-regulation strategies.
Areas of focus
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Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
15+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English, Spanish
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Does she help with people-pleasing and boundary setting?
Yes. The bio lists codependency and communication problems, and sessions focus on practicing saying no and setting limits.
What therapeutic style can I expect in a session?
She describes an interactive, client-centered approach that combines psychodynamic insight with cognitive-behavioral techniques and DBT skills.
How long has she been practicing?
Gabriela has 15 years of experience as a therapist working with relationship issues, trauma, grief, and eating concerns.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is an LMFT licensed in California and works with clients in that state.
Can I work with her if I speak Spanish?
Yes. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Does she take international clients?
No. The profile states she does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions scheduled and paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Choose the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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