About Ana
Ana Parra is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who focuses on anxiety and related concerns. She uses straightforward methods so people can start feeling more capable and in control. Ana speaks English and Spanish and brings 12 years of experience in mental health work.
She offers a warm, interactive style that centers the person's own goals and strengths. Sessions often involve talking through problems, building practical skills, and practicing new ways of responding to stress.
Background and approach
Ana combines client-centered listening with evidence-based techniques to help with worry, low self-esteem, and mood concerns. Her work addresses many life challenges such as career stress, relationship strain, parenting pressures, grief, and coping with big changes. She also supports people dealing with trauma, addiction, sleep and eating concerns, and attention-related difficulties.
The approach is flexible and focused on what the individual needs most in the moment. Ana draws from several therapy methods including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, existential ideas, and psychodynamic perspectives. That mix helps her offer both practical strategies and deeper reflection when needed.
Sessions can be conducted in English or Spanish by video, phone, live chat, or messaging. People begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that fits them. Ana aims to create a respectful space where clients can speak honestly and try new ways of coping.
Therapeutic approaches that translate well to online care
Ana often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which helps people notice thoughts without getting stuck and commit to actions that match their values. ACT can be useful for anxiety, stress, and decisions about life direction.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practice concrete skills for managing worry and low mood. CBT exercises and behavioral experiments work well in video or phone sessions because they are task-focused and short exercises can be assigned between meetings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Ana will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, pace, and preferences. She adjusts the mix of skills training, reflection, and problem-solving based on how clients respond.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and role-play, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth or camera use is limited, chat is useful for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work or family schedules and to keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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