Xenia Blanco
Compassionate therapist for stress and relationships
LMFT California
- Experience
- 19 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Languages
- English, Spanish
About Xenia
Xenia Blanco is a California licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 19 years of clinical experience. She helps people manage stress and anxiety, cope with depression, and navigate relationship and family concerns.
Background and approach
Xenia speaks English and Spanish and aims to make first steps toward change feel doable. In sessions she creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk through difficult feelings.
She encourages practical, step-by-step work so progress feels clear. Conversations focus on what is happening now and what can be done differently moving forward.
Her approach draws on tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and shift patterns that keep problems going. She also uses principles from the Gottman Method to address communication problems and recurring conflicts in relationships.
These methods are used as practical tools rather than abstract theory. Xenia often helps people who are dealing with trauma or abuse, caregiver stress, or the guilt and shame that follow painful events.
She also supports those facing divorce or separation, family of origin issues, social anxiety, and loneliness. Young adults and women who are seeking clearer life direction may find her work particularly relevant.
Sessions are designed to be collaborative and grounded. Xenia works with each person to set clear goals and small, achievable steps.
Her style is straightforward, compassionate, and focused on making daily life more manageable.
How her approaches work online and in sessions
Gottman Method focuses on improving communication and reducing repeated negative cycles between people. It teaches practical skills for handling conflicts, rebuilding trust, and strengthening everyday interactions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and uses simple exercises to change unhelpful patterns that keep anxiety or low mood going.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has worked or not worked before. Together they will try methods that fit the situation and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation for deep work, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low, and chat or messaging supports quick check-ins or shorter exchanges. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to continue work without commuting.
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Experience
19+ years
Licensed in
California
Languages
English, Spanish