About Adrian
Adrian Torres Ortiz is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Connecticut with 16 years of experience. He focuses on practical steps people can take when stress, anxiety, anger, low self-esteem, or depression get in the way of daily life. Adrian works in both English and Spanish and aims to make first contacts calm and straightforward.
He listens for the small habits that keep problems going. Then he helps people try concrete changes that fit their day-to-day life.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and goal oriented, with clear next steps between meetings. Adrian also helps people through major life transitions. That includes separation and divorce, blended family adjustments, immigration-related stress, and loss of routine after a disaster.
He pays attention to how relationships and life roles affect mood and behavior. Issues around body image, codependency, commitment, and isolation are discussed with respect and sensitivity. He partners with clients to sort family of origin concerns and fatherhood questions into manageable problems and goals.
Practical tools and steady support are central to his work. Adrian tailors the plan to each person's situation and moves at a pace that feels doable. He encourages small wins and checks progress regularly.
Approaches and online care that fit your life
Adrian uses evidence-based techniques focused on clear, practical change. One common approach teaches skills to manage anxiety and stress by identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real situations. This helps reduce worry and avoidant behavior in daily life.Another approach emphasizes behavior-based strategies to reduce anger and lift mood. That work focuses on small, repeatable actions - sleep, activity, and communication habits - that reliably change how people feel over time. These methods are useful for coping with life changes, family role shifts, and recovery after disruptive events.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Adrian will talk about options, try techniques together, and adjust the plan based on how well things are working and what a client prefers. The aim is to find methods that feel workable and lead to steady progress.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messages to fit different days and needs. Video is useful for in-depth conversations, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or messaging can be a brief check-in between meetings. This range makes 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
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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