Magaly Phakousonh

Magaly Phakousonh is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in California. She has six years of experience working in hospital and community settings. Magaly helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, stress, or traumatic experiences.

She earned a Master of Social Work from California State University, San Bernardino. Her clinical work has included supporting children, adolescents, and adults with a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns. Magaly draws on trauma-informed principles to help people feel seen and supported during difficult moments.

In sessions she focuses on building practical skills for everyday life. She uses approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy to help clients notice patterns, try new coping strategies, and make small changes that add up. She also incorporates mindfulness and DBT-informed skills to support emotional regulation and self-awareness.

Her style is collaborative and strengths-based. Magaly works with each person to set manageable goals and move at a pace that fits them. She often helps people struggling with relationships, self-esteem, communication problems, guilt and shame, life purpose, and feelings of isolation or loneliness.

People who choose her for help will find a practical focus on skills, a steady emphasis on safety, and short-term strategies alongside deeper trauma work when needed. Those interested in starting are prompted to use the site’s Start Therapy flow to match and schedule sessions.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Magaly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small changes in how they think or act. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and social anxiety by teaching practical skills and behavioral experiments.

She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to help people identify clear goals and build on what already works. This approach is brief and goal-oriented, which can be useful when someone wants focused steps for improving relationships or reducing stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and how they prefer to work. That can mean combining short-term, skill-based work with trauma-focused strategies when deeper processing is needed.

If you plan to try online therapy, confirm the session formats available before booking. The main practical benefit is fitting sessions into everyday life - it can be easier to schedule a check-in during a lunch break, avoid long commutes, or keep momentum between appointments. Online work can also make regular skill practice and brief follow-ups simpler to maintain while you address stress, loneliness, or relationship concerns.