About Ana
Ana Montenegro is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with ten years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, career concerns, and relationship or parenting challenges. Ana speaks English and Spanish and offers sessions online and by phone.
Ana favors clear, practical approaches in session. She often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice thoughts that get in the way and try small behavior changes.
How Ana works
She also draws on Motivational Interviewing to support goals and Solution-Focused ideas to set achievable steps forward. Sessions are collaborative and usually goal-oriented. Ana checks in about what is and isn’t helping, and she may suggest short exercises to try between meetings.
She aims to make the plan fit into everyday life instead of piling on extra tasks. Many people come to her with issues around self-esteem, grief, intimacy, or life transitions such as midlife shifts and career changes. She also addresses blended family issues, body image, social anxiety, and veteran-related concerns among other focuses.
Ana describes therapy as a team process where the person leads and the therapist offers guidance, tools, and perspective. Her style balances practical steps with room to understand deeper patterns that influence feelings and choices.
Ana lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| 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
She commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors; this approach is often useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. She also uses Motivational Interviewing to clarify a person’s goals and strengthen motivation for change, which can help with career shifts, habit change, and commitment concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adjust the plan together as progress is made. Clients are invited to give feedback so the approach matches their needs and pace.
Online therapy options include live video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat suits quick check-ins, and messaging supports short updates or ongoing coaching between meetings. These options make scheduling more flexible and let people fit sessions into busy days.
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