About Maricruz
Maricruz Valdez is a Licensed Professional Counselor with ten years of clinical experience in Texas. She draws on a mix of approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and mood struggles. Maricruz speaks English and Spanish and works with adults across a range of life challenges.
Her background includes individual and group work in community settings and schools. She aims to create a respectful space where clients can talk through what matters most to them.
How Maricruz works
Sessions focus on practical steps people can use between meetings. Maricruz often uses client-centered methods to follow each person’s lead and build on their strengths. She pairs that with cognitive behavioral techniques to notice thinking patterns and try new behaviors.
Mindfulness and existential ideas help people find meaning and reduce distress in everyday life. Common concerns Maricruz addresses include relationship struggles, parenting stress, trauma and abuse, depression, anger, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people dealing with abandonment, attachment issues, body image, money and financial worries, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms.
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She listens first, then suggests small, doable changes. People who prefer clear tools and reflective conversation tend to find this approach helpful.
Maricruz lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Maricruz works with
The areas below are the ones Maricruz selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following each person's priorities. The therapist creates space for people to describe their concerns and then builds from their strengths and values to set goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thinking patterns and behaviors and uses small experiments to change unhelpful cycles. It is often useful for anxiety, mood concerns, and compulsive habits.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk about different methods and help decide which fits a person's needs, goals, and preferences. Together they may combine elements from several approaches and adjust as progress is made.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care fit into busy lives. Video works well for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone is handy when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options let people schedule work around family, jobs, and school and use formats that match comfort and practical constraints.
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