Magalis Sandoval, LCSW

Magalis Sandoval is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 14 years of experience in mental health and addiction work. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and trauma-related concerns. She also supports people facing relationship strain, grief, parenting challenges, and life transitions. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish and are provided from her practice in Florida.

Magalis draws on straightforward, practical methods to help people notice how thoughts affect feelings and actions. She uses client-centered listening to understand each person's goals and priorities. She also brings in cognitive behavioral tools and mindfulness techniques to help reduce anxiety, manage mood, and address addiction-related patterns.

Her background includes long-term experience with at-risk youth, survivors of domestic violence, and residential substance use treatment. That work shaped her focus on realistic change and steady progress. She has also worked directly on anger management and holds a certification in that area.

In sessions she focuses on building awareness, teaching concrete coping strategies, and setting small, reachable steps toward change. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused practices guide conversations about readiness and practical next moves. Magalis aims to help people find approaches that fit their daily lives and values.

To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability. Fees vary with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How Magalis Uses Therapy Approaches Online

Magalis often draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness therapy to help people manage difficult thoughts and steady their mood. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behavior and offers practical steps to test and change unhelpful thinking. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple awareness exercises to reduce reactivity and improve focus, which can help with anxiety and stress.

She also uses client-centered methods that prioritize listening and tailoring sessions to what the person wants to work on. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process - the therapist will talk through goals, try strategies together, and adjust methods based on what feels most useful to the client.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT and mindfulness exercises to remote formats, and conversations can focus on practical steps you can use between sessions.