About Adriana
Adriana Lara is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and life changes. She also supports people facing addiction, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, anger, career concerns, and ADHD. Adriana practices in Massachusetts and brings 12 years of clinical experience to her work.
She began graduate study at the University of Vermont and earned a Master of Science degree in 2014. Early in her training she worked with teens and young adults dealing with substance use and mental health struggles.
Background and approach
Over the past decade she has worked in both rural and urban settings with people showing symptoms of anxiety, depression, trauma, and stress. Adriana describes her counseling style as warm and relationship-focused. She spends time building trust so clients feel comfortable talking about hard things.
That foundation guides the rest of the work. Her approach draws heavily on cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behavior. She also uses client-centered methods to follow each person's pace and motivational interviewing to help people find internal reasons to change.
Solution-focused ideas are used to set practical, short-term goals. Sessions are practical and goal oriented. Adriana helps people identify unhelpful thinking, practice different responses, and set small steps toward change.
She aims to be straightforward and compassionate while tailoring methods to each person's needs.
Approaches and online options that fit your life
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following each person's pace. It helps people feel heard and decide what matters most in their care. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It helps when anxiety, depression, or stress come from repetitive negative thinking by teaching ways to test and change those thoughts.Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose which approaches to try based on their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they review what is helping and adjust the plan over time.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different schedules and needs. Video is useful for in-depth sessions that benefit from face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions are a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, homework support, or fitting therapy into a break at work. These options aim to make care easier to access and to fit into everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
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- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts, New York
- Languages
- English
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