About Adriana
Adriana Escamilla is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California who helps people manage stress, anxiety, family conflict, trauma and abuse, self-esteem concerns, and ADHD-related struggles. She speaks English and Spanish and brings 23 years of experience to her work. Adriana emphasizes practical help and steady support for people taking steps toward change.
She believes each person knows their story best and that strengths already exist to build on.
Background and approach
In sessions she focuses on clear, doable strategies to improve concentration, motivation, memory, and everyday functioning. The aim is to make small changes that add up to better day-to-day coping. Adriana uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person’s needs.
She draws on approaches that target symptoms directly and that teach skills for managing panic, intrusive memories, and intense emotions. The work can include short-term skill building and longer conversations about patterns that keep problems coming back. People can expect a collaborative style.
Adriana listens, asks questions, and then suggests concrete steps to try between sessions. She encourages experimenting with different strategies until something fits the client's life and goals. Her practice supports people who want help with relationships, self-worth, recovery after trauma, and practical problems like focus and memory.
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish and are designed to be accessible for those balancing busy schedules.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Adriana uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that aim to reduce symptoms and teach practical skills. One approach focuses on skill building for managing anxiety and panic attacks, teaching breathing, grounding, and stepwise exposure to reduce avoidance and distress. Another approach targets attention and motivation with strategies for improving concentration, organizing tasks, and breaking work into manageable steps to support day-to-day functioning.Choosing the right method is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to test approaches that match their goals, adjusting techniques when something isn't helping until a useful fit is found. Clients and therapist decide together which skills to practice and when to shift focus.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is low, and live chat or text messaging work well for quick check-ins or shorter, more frequent support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week and to keep momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- ADHD
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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