- Warm client-centered care
- Skill-focused therapy
- Relationship-aware work
About Lenita
Lenita Marquez is a Washington-based licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with nine years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who feel stuck by offering steady, practical support. Her style is warm and respectful, aimed at helping clients build clearer boundaries and healthier patterns.
Lenita spends time listening to what matters most to each person. She helps clients name patterns, understand emotional triggers, and try out small changes between sessions. Many people come for help with anxiety, depression, stress, codependency, addiction, or relationship concerns. She also addresses grief, parenting strain, trauma recovery, and issues linked to self-esteem and identity.
Her work blends client-centered care with structured techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. That mix lets clients explore their feelings while learning concrete skills for mood and behavior change. She also draws on existential ideas to help people find meaning and on the Gottman Method for relationship-focused work.
Lenita frames therapy as a collaboration. She focuses on clear goals and practical tools people can use right away. Sessions are straightforward and focused on what will make daily life easier and more satisfying.
People interested in starting are encouraged to consider what they want to change and to bring that into early conversations. Lenita aims to help individuals build resilience and steady progress over time.
How therapy approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so clients feel understood and can steer their own change. Online sessions using this approach center on thoughtful conversation and pacing, which helps when people need to sort feelings and priorities over time.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical exercises to test different behaviors. In an online setting CBT often includes homework and short skills practice between sessions to reinforce progress.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) adds skill-building for emotion regulation and distress tolerance, which can help with intense mood swings, impulsive behaviors, or repeated relationship patterns. Online DBT-style work emphasizes clear skills training and step-by-step practice.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, and then adapt methods as needs change. That collaborative process helps clients try a method and adjust if something else would be a better fit.
Please confirm available session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, allow for focused skills practice between meetings, and reduce travel time, which helps people sustain regular sessions and keep momentum.
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Experience
9+ years
Credentials
Washington
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Lenita address?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem struggles, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, ADHD, and codependency among other concerns.
What is her general approach in therapy?
Her approach blends client-centered listening with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to help clients try small, workable changes between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has nine years of experience working as a licensed mental health counselor in Washington.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an LMHC practicing in Washington with a professional focus on mental health concerns and relationship-related issues.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions scheduled and what about cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.