About Adan
Adan Montalvo is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas who focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. He offers a calm, straightforward presence and works to make therapy feel approachable for anyone thinking about change. His style is warm and interactive and he aims to treat people with respect and compassion.
He draws on practical tools from cognitive behavioral approaches and solution-focused work to help clients with everyday problems.
Background and approach
Sessions often involve identifying unhelpful thoughts, trying small changes, and tracking what works. The conversation is shaped around each person's goals and pace. Adan has 12 years of clinical experience working with concerns like depression, low self-esteem, relationship strain, and motivation struggles.
He also addresses grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, and challenges related to sexual orientation and identity. He helps people manage life transitions and workplace stress as well. In session he avoids labels that feel stigmatizing and focuses on specific, manageable steps people can try between meetings.
He tailors treatment plans so they fit daily life and personal priorities. Progress is reviewed together and plans are adjusted as needed. People who choose him usually want clear, practical strategies and a counselor who listens without judgment.
He supports clients who are ready to take steps toward a more satisfying life and who prefer a collaborative, down-to-earth approach.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful relationship. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects what is said, and helps people feel heard as they work through anxiety or relationship concerns.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, is about spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing different behaviors. It often helps with anxiety, low mood, and sleep problems by creating short exercises and tracking small changes between sessions.
Finding the right method is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose or combine approaches based on needs, goals, and personal preferences. Plans are adjusted as progress is reviewed so the approach stays useful.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different days and routines. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can support brief check-ins or flexible communication around a busy schedule. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, and other obligations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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