About Marcela
Marcela Gonzales is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 11 years of clinical experience. She offers calm, practical support for adults facing anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, and life transitions. Marcela focuses on helping people build coping skills and regain a sense of control during difficult times.
She has worked in education, hospital, correctional, and community mental health settings. That variety gave her experience with many different life situations and responses to stress.
Background and approach
Marcela uses straightforward strategies so people can see progress between sessions. Her approach is collaborative and goal-oriented. Sessions often include talking through hard moments, learning new ways to manage strong emotions, and practicing skills for everyday life.
She also offers coaching-style support for people looking to make concrete changes. Marcela supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, anger, grief, and issues related to identity such as LGBT and gender dysphoria concerns. She also addresses self-esteem, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and body image issues.
Her work is aimed at practical relief and longer-term coping. Virtual appointments are available in Texas and sessions are conducted in English. She accepts a variety of insurance plans and works with clients using a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and scheduling follows based on therapist availability.
Evidence-based approaches and online care that fit your life
Marcela draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and recovery. One common method helps people learn to manage strong emotions by teaching step-by-step coping skills and grounding techniques. This approach is useful for anxiety, anger, and stress when immediate tools are needed to reduce distress.Another approach emphasizes processing distressing or traumatic memories at a pace the client can tolerate. Sessions focus on making sense of difficult experiences, reducing their hold on daily life, and building routines that support stability. This work can help with trauma, grief, and patterns of avoidance.
Choosing the best approach is a team effort. Marcela works with each person to identify their goals and preferences, then tailors methods that fit those needs. She checks in regularly and adjusts pace and focus as progress happens.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that feels helpful. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging make it easier to fit brief touchpoints into a busy day. These options help people maintain continuity of care while balancing work, family, and other obligations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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