Pedro Ricardo Gonzalez, LPC

Pedro Ricardo Gonzalez is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 22 years of clinical experience. He is bilingual in English and Spanish and practices in Texas. Pedro emphasizes collaboration and helps people set achievable goals for change and growth. Pedro's background includes work in higher education, non-profit community programs, inpatient residential care, and private practice. That range of settings means he has experience with many life stages and situations. He notes comfort with people from diverse racial, cultural, and religious backgrounds. In sessions he takes a practical, person-focused approach. He uses a mix of holistic and traditional methods and adapts to each person's needs. Conversations typically focus on clear goals and steps that feel manageable. Pedro works with concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, intimacy-related issues, trauma and abuse, LGBT issues, relationship and family matters, grief, parenting strain, and ADHD. He also lists additional focuses including adoption and foster care, aging, autism, BDSM and kink, caregiver stress, domestic violence, and related areas. His clinical approaches include client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), mindfulness therapy, and narrative therapy. These methods are blended to match what each person needs and wants from therapy.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's experience and priorities. The therapist listens closely, reflects what matters most, and helps people set their own goals. This approach helps when someone needs space to be heard and to discover their next steps. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior. Sessions include identifying unhelpful thoughts and practicing different responses. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and practical problem-solving. EMDR, or eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, is a method used to address distressing memories and trauma. It combines focused attention with guided processing to reduce the intensity of traumatic memories and related distress. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. That conversation guides whether a more reflective client-centered path, a skills-based CBT route, or trauma-focused EMDR is the best fit. Online sessions can make therapy easier to fit into a busy life. They often save commute time, allow shorter check-ins during a work break, or help when scheduling across time zones. Because session formats are not listed in the biography, confirm current online options before booking to ensure they meet your needs.