About Adrian
Adrian Maldonado is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who helps people facing anxiety, stress, phobias, and other emotional challenges. He aims to create a calm, respectful space where concerns can be named and practical steps can begin. Adrian writes short, focused plans so busy people can make steady progress.
He works with people coping with grief, trauma and abuse, depression, and relationship strain. He also supports clients dealing with sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
Additional areas of focus include obsessive thoughts, phobias, hoarding, and process addictions. Adrian uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts them to each person's situation. Sessions focus on simple, doable strategies and clear goals.
Conversations are driven by what the person needs that week, whether skills practice, problem solving, or emotional processing. He brings five years of professional experience to his work in Texas and speaks English. Adrian emphasizes respect and sensitivity and shapes treatment to match each person's values and pace.
He encourages small, steady steps toward changes that matter in daily life. Clients typically begin by identifying one or two pressing issues. From there he helps set short-term goals and tracks progress over time.
The approach is practical and collaborative, with attention to both immediate relief and longer-term coping skills.
Approaches that guide online work and what to expect
Adrian uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical skills and problem solving. One common approach he relies on teaches step-by-step coping strategies to manage anxiety, panic, and phobic reactions; this involves gradual practice and tools to reduce avoidance and distress. Another approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them with real-life experiments to ease worry and improve mood. Both approaches center on clear goals, brief skill-building exercises, and homework you can try between sessions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Adrian will review your concerns, goals, and preferences and suggest methods that fit your situation. He encourages a collaborative process where you and he adjust strategies over time to find what helps most.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy usable in different routines. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and guided exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when less bandwidth or movement is needed. Live chat or text-based messaging can work for quick check-ins, shorter updates, or when someone prefers typing over speaking. These options aim to make it simpler to keep a regular schedule and practice skills between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Jealousy
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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