About Agustin
Agustin Vieyra Ornelas is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 17 years of experience. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and issues related to trauma and abuse. Agustin also supports those coping with self-esteem, addictions, grief, and life changes, and he works in both English and Spanish.
He centers sessions on the person's goals and strengths. Agustin treats each person as the expert on their own life and partners with them to name small, achievable steps.
How Agustin works
Sessions tend to be practical and direct, with an emphasis on building motivation and clearer thinking. Agustin draws on client-centered work to follow what matters most to the person in the room. He uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and try different responses.
Solution-focused and motivational approaches help create short-term goals and sustain change. Many people come to him for relationship strain, parenting stress, or career and life transitions. He also addresses more specific struggles such as abandonment, attachment issues, gender dysphoria, immigration concerns, and grief related to hospice and end-of-life situations.
Agustin adapts his approach to match each person’s situation and priorities. Sessions are straightforward and conversational. He aims to make difficult topics easier to talk about and to leave clients with concrete options they can use between meetings.
The work moves at a pace chosen by the client.
Agustin lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Agustin works with
The areas below are the ones Agustin selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 17 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's priorities and strengths. The therapist listens closely and follows what matters most to the client, helping people clarify goals and make decisions that fit their values.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and teaches practical strategies to try different responses to stress, anxiety, and depression.
Solution-focused and motivational techniques help set short-term goals and build momentum. These methods are useful when someone wants clear steps to change habits, increase motivation, or manage life transitions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options and try methods that match the client's needs, goals, and preferences. Together they adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow for face-to-face conversation, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat is helpful for quick check-ins, and messaging supports brief updates between meetings. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work between sessions.
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