About Ana
Ana Manrique is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with nine years of clinical experience. She helps people who are struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, relationship problems, parenting stress, and grief. Her approach is warm and respectful, and she centers the person in each session.
Ana sees clients as the experts on their lives and looks for their existing strengths. She encourages small, practical steps that match each person's goals.
How Ana works
Sessions are collaborative and paced to what feels manageable for the client. Her work draws on several well-known methods, including cognitive behavioral techniques and acceptance-based practices. She also uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help people notice patterns, clarify values, and make realistic changes.
These tools are used in straightforward ways that fit day-to-day life. Ana has spent nearly a decade helping people build emotional resources and steady routines after difficult events or ongoing stress. She supports people facing issues like codependency, communication problems, body image concerns, and caregiver stress.
She also addresses less common but impactful concerns such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, and adjustment after disaster. Bilingual in English and Spanish, Ana offers sessions that respect cultural context and language needs. She works with adults to sort through practical problems and painful feelings, and she focuses on building skills that carry over into everyday life.
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What Ana works with
The areas below are the ones Ana selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
Practical online approaches that fit daily life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and then choose small actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and decisions about relationships or work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them with real-life experiments to change behavior and mood. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and stress by breaking problems into manageable steps.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and life demands, then adapt methods like ACT or CBT to fit what the person wants to accomplish. Together they track progress and adjust the plan as needed.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that matters. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or the client prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions or use shorter, focused interactions during the day. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, and other routines.
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