About Sergio
Sergio Fernandez is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Texas with 26 years of clinical experience. He helps people who are facing anxiety, depression, trauma, or major life changes. He listens first, then works with each person to find practical ways forward.
His approach centers on clear, evidence-based methods. He uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going. He also draws on Solution-Focused Therapy to set concrete goals and build small steps toward change.
Background and approach
Sergio has long experience with stress, relationship problems, grief, and parenting concerns. He also supports people dealing with ADHD, bipolar issues, compassion fatigue, and the emotional impact of illness and caregiving. He pays attention to attachment and abandonment issues when those come up in a person’s story.
In sessions he mixes short-term strategies and longer-term work. That might mean learning skills to manage panic, practicing communication for a difficult relationship, or processing trauma at a pace the client can handle. He aims for clear, doable tools people can use between appointments.
People who choose Sergio can expect a collaborative style. He helps set goals, tracks progress, and adjusts the plan as needs change. Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
Practical approaches for online healing and change
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. In online sessions this approach often means identifying unhelpful thought patterns and practicing new responses to reduce anxiety, depression, or phobic reactions.Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes small, concrete steps toward a specific goal. Online meetings can be used to set short-term targets, try an adjustment between sessions, and then review what worked to keep momentum moving forward.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will ask about goals, preferences, and daily routines to choose or blend methods that fit. That choice is collaborative and can change as progress unfolds.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support ongoing problem solving, quick skill practice, and maintaining contact between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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