
Chris Soto
MSW Intern
Supervised by Claudia Salinas #100046
I enjoy working with clients who experience issues with substance use, anxiety, depression, trauma/PTSD, family conflict, stress, relationships, and LGBTQIA+ issues. I love working with individuals who see the power in addressing outside issues like other people, family, and systems we are a part of as well as recognizing our own internal conflicts navigating these things. This is what gets me excited!
That being said, my approach focuses on the strengths clients already hold in navigating their lives. Why? Because we all come into therapy with a set of skills and history that does not need to be discarded. My goal is to help clients understand, see, and feel what they believe to be barriers as strengths to build off of.
I approach my work with a desire to make clients feel validated and supported in challenging themselves on goals that may seem out of reach. I do this by offering my clients a space to feel comfortable to reflect honestly about their behavior and relationships. In doing so, I hope to empower clients to explore their life and their relationships with a sense of curiosity as opposed to moving through the world with a finished mindset.
I have experience working with teens and adults of all ages. I am trained in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), Seeking Safety, Motivational Interviewing, Problem-Solving Therapy, Solution Based Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. I am interested in Somatic Therapy, Internal Family Systems (parts work), DBT, and overall providing trauma-focused and trauma-informed care to all of my clients.
I earned my Bachelor of Science in Psychology from California Lutheran University where I worked as an Alcohol and Drug Peer Educator. I attend the University of Southern California, obtaining a Master of Social Work degree. I have experience in addiction treatment and deeply understand the complexities of managing mental health, family dynamics, and one’s relationship with people, places, and things. I have held roles as a residential technician, case manager, and group facilitator in detox and outpatient settings.
QUALIFICATIONS
SPECIALTIES
TREATMENT APPROACH
TRAINING
Specialty Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Seeking Safety
Motivational Interviewing
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
Internal Family Systems
Others Used...
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Attachment Based
Culturally Sensitive
Dialectical (DBT)
Existential
Family / Marital
Family Systems
Humanistic
Interpersonal
Multicultural
Narrative
Person Centered
Psychodynamic
Soution Focused
Somatic
Strength Based
Transpersonal
Truama
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Addiction
Alcohol Abuse
Anger Management
Anxiety
Bipolar Disorder
Chronic Pain
Chronic Relapse
Codependency
Coping Skills
Depression
Divorce
Dissociation
Domestic Abuse
Domestic Violence
Drug Abuse
Disordered Eating
Family Conflict
Gambling
Grief
Impulse Control Issues
Internet Addiction
Life Coaching
Life Transitions
Marital and Premarital
Men's Issues
Narcissistic Abuse
OCD
Oppositional Defiance
Parenting
Peer Relationships
Racial Identity
Relationship Issues
School Issues
Self Esteem
Self-Harming
Sexuality
Sexual Abuse
Sleep or Insomnia
Spirituality
Stress
Substance Abuse
Suicidal Ideation
Teen Violence
Trauma & PTSD
Video Game Addiction
Sexuality
Transgender
Bisexual
Gay
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Motivational Interviewing
Solution Focused
Problem Solving Therapy
Seeking Safety
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
Internal Family Systems
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Body Positivity
Gay Allied
HIV/AIDS Allied
Lesbian Allied
Non-Binary Allied
Open Relationships/Non-Monogamy
Queer Allied
Racial Justice Allied
Sex Worker Allied
Sex Positive, Kink Allied
Single Mothers
Transgender Allied
Veterans
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