Liliana Mariaca

I am a bilingual Licensed Professional Counselor who is passionate about helping children, adolescents, and families navigate life’s challenges. I strive to create a welcoming and nonjudgmental environment where clients feel heard, understood, and comfortable being themselves.

I support clients experiencing anxiety, stress, trauma, difficulties with emotional regulation, behavioral challenges, school-related concerns, and family or relationship difficulties. I believe every person has strengths and the capacity to grow. My role is to walk alongside you or your child while helping you develop practical skills, gain insight, and feel more confident managing difficult experiences.

My background in school-based mental health has given me extensive experience supporting students and families with emotional, behavioral, and social concerns. This perspective helps me understand how a child’s well-being can be influenced by their development, family relationships, school environment, and broader life experiences.

Depending on each client’s age and needs, I draw from evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. I also incorporate play-based techniques when working with younger clients, giving them developmentally appropriate ways to communicate, process emotions, and build new skills.

My work is trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and tailored to each person’s background, identity, experiences, and strengths. I offer counseling in both English and Spanish, allowing clients and families to participate in the language in which they feel most comfortable expressing themselves.

My approach is trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and grounded in the belief that meaningful change begins with feeling genuinely seen and understood. Together, we will explore not only the concerns that brought you to therapy, but also the experiences, relationships, cultural influences, and generational patterns that may be shaping how you feel and respond today.

I work collaboratively and tailor therapy to your individual needs, strengths, identity, and goals. Whether you are navigating anxiety, depression, past trauma, ADHD, grief and bereavement, relationship difficulties, parenting concerns, or ongoing stress, our work will focus on developing insight, strengthening coping skills, and creating practical, sustainable changes in your daily life.

My experience in school-based mental health allows me to bring a family-centered and developmental perspective to my work. This can be especially helpful when childhood experiences, parenting challenges, family relationships, or intergenerational patterns emerge in therapy.

As a bilingual therapist, I offer counseling in English and Spanish. Language and culture are welcomed as meaningful parts of the therapeutic process—not treated as separate from your mental health. Each session provides a dedicated 60-minute space where you can slow down, speak openly, and receive thoughtful support without judgment.

Our first session is primarily an opportunity for us to get to know one another. I’ll invite you to share what brought you to therapy, what you have already tried, and what you hope might feel different if therapy is helpful.

You do not need to arrive with the right words, a clear plan, or everything figured out. Helping you understand what you are experiencing and identify a path forward is part of my role. There is also no pressure to share your entire story during the first session. You decide what you are ready to discuss, and trust develops at a pace that feels comfortable and safe.

By the end of our time together, you should have a better sense of what it may be like to work with me and the beginnings of a few goals for therapy. Most importantly, my hope is that you leave feeling heard, respected, and supported.