Therapist profile
Helen Casaclang, LCSW
California
LCSW - Anxiety and Relationship Concerns
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- Credentials
- LCSW
- License
- LCSW, California / 69021
- NPI
- 1659432516
- Experience
- 27 years
- Languages
- English, Tagalog
- Location
- California
About
- Stress and anxiety
- Codependency patterns
- CBT and DBT methods
About Helen
Helen Casaclang is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California with 27 years of experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and motivation challenges. She also addresses relationship and family concerns, codependency patterns, and issues around intimacy and parenting.
Helen works in a straightforward, person-focused way. Sessions give people space to talk about difficult feelings and to figure out what matters to them. She uses clear methods to help with coping, decision making, and everyday problems.
Her background includes long clinical experience across mood concerns, trauma, and adjustment problems. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot and change unhelpful thinking, and on Dialectical Behavior Therapy for skills in emotion regulation and distress tolerance. She also applies Client-Centered techniques to keep the conversation focused on the client's priorities.
In practical work she helps clients set boundaries, manage people-pleasing patterns, and address codependency-related behaviors without labeling or blaming. She supports changes like improving sleep, tackling eating-related worries, and handling work stress in concrete steps.
Sessions proceed at a steady, realistic pace. Helen helps people try new ways of handling conflict and caring for themselves. She offers services in English and Tagalog and practices across a range of adult concerns in California.
How sessions work
How her approaches work in online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what matters to the client. It supports people who need a calm space to sort out feelings and decide next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and uses practical exercises to change patterns that cause distress. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches skills for managing intense emotions, tolerating distress, and improving interpersonal effectiveness. It helps when emotions feel overwhelming or when people struggle with self-control.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with the client to choose methods that match goals, preferences, and what is happening in everyday life. That means trying approaches, checking how they land, and adjusting as needed together.
Confirm current session options before booking because formats are not specified in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Some people prefer not being on camera; others find video more helpful. The therapist will discuss which format works best for the client's goals and daily routine.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
27+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English, Tagalog
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, and codependency patterns among other adult issues.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is person-focused and practical. She combines Client-Centered listening with structured techniques from CBT and DBT to build coping skills and change unhelpful patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 27 years of professional experience working with mood, trauma, and relationship-related concerns.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California and provides services to adults in that state.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Tagalog.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions arranged and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.