Marlene Favors

Marlene Favors is a California-based licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage big life changes. She supports individuals facing stress, anxiety, addiction, anger, low self-esteem, and the disruption of separation or divorce. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish and draw on 11 years of clinical experience.

Marlene aims to make therapy practical and straightforward. She listens to each person’s story and helps them notice what matters most. Together clients develop skills for coping with strong emotions and for making clearer choices in daily life.

Her work often focuses on attachment and abandonment issues, communication struggles, caregiver stress, and the emotional fallout from family problems. She also addresses guilt, shame, isolation, and questions of life purpose. Addiction concerns and domestic violence are included among the areas she supports.

Marlene uses a mix of approaches suited to each person’s needs. She pulls from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing to offer tools for managing feelings and changing behaviors.

In sessions she helps people build resilience and stronger daily habits. That can mean practicing new ways to respond to stress, refining communication, or setting boundaries after separation. The emphasis is on small, doable steps that lead to steadier emotional balance.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people get clearer about what matters to them and take steps toward those values even when emotions feel intense. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, and navigating life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on identifying patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going and then practicing different responses to reduce distress and improve functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy itself. The therapist will work together with each person to choose which methods fit their goals and preferences. That means trying tools, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan as needed.

Confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week and reduce travel time. It also allows shorter check-ins when needed, and options that don’t always require being on camera for those who prefer that. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT and CBT techniques for remote sessions so people can practice tools in their everyday setting.