Ana Ortiz, LPC

Ana Ortiz is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with 14 years of clinical experience. She has worked as a rehab counselor, advocate, and therapist with people facing depression, anxiety, trauma, and relationship difficulties. Ana sees concerns that include stress, addictions, grief, intimacy-related issues, and other complex life challenges. She uses a blend of approaches to shape each session. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors. Client-Centered Therapy keeps the conversation focused on the person's experience and priorities. Emotionally-Focused and Attachment-Based ideas guide work around closeness, trust, and long-standing patterns. Ana aims for warm, interactive sessions where people feel heard and respected. She will tailor conversations and a treatment plan to match individual needs. That can mean practical skills for managing panic, deeper work on past hurt, or coaching around career and parenting changes. Her background includes work with brain injury, chronic pain, domestic violence, and recovery settings. This experience informs how she supports people who face overlapping medical, emotional, and social stresses. Ana also addresses concerns like body image, codependency, commitment issues, and caregiver strain. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish. International clients are not accepted. To begin, clients follow the site process to match with a therapist and schedule sessions according to availability. Ana encourages questions up front so sessions start with clear goals and a plan.

How these approaches guide online care

Attachment-Based Therapy centers on understanding how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people notice how they relate to others and work on building more secure ways of connecting. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors. It is practical for anxiety, depression, and skills like sleep or stress management. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the person's experience and priorities, giving space for the client to set the pace and focus of each session.

Finding the right approach is part of the work and happens together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan based on what helps. This collaborative process means the chosen methods can shift as progress is made or new needs appear.

The original biography does not specify session formats, so confirm which options are offered before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example they can save commuting time, allow shorter check-ins during a break, or let someone join when weather or mobility makes travel difficult. Licensed professionals can use these sessions to deliver coping tools, guided conversations about relationships and intimacy, and structured skill practice just as they would in person.