About Antonio
Antonio Rigonan is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with 15 years of experience. He focuses on practical ways to reduce stress, manage anxiety, and improve sleep. He also helps people cope with grief, low self-esteem, anger, and life changes.
Antonio speaks English and Tagalog, which helps him connect with a range of clients. He draws on client-centered methods to keep sessions focused on each person’s goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is often used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
Background and approach
Mindfulness exercises and narrative work help people notice patterns and reframe painful stories about themselves. Antonio also uses solution-focused techniques to build short-term goals and small, manageable steps. That approach is useful for problems like communication breakdowns, commitment doubts, or feeling stuck in life purpose questions.
He pays attention to practical skills that can be used between meetings. Because of his background in the U.S. Air Force chaplaincy, he brings experience with veterans and hospice or end-of-life concerns.
He is familiar with issues that come with aging, money stress, and the strain of caregiving. Antonio aims for a warm, respectful tone in sessions and keeps conversations direct and grounded. People may choose him when they want clear steps, gentle challenge, and support rebuilding resilience.
His work emphasizes collaboration and small, steady changes that fit daily life.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Antonio commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy to frame online work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and sleep problems. Client-centered work emphasizes listening and reflection so goals come from the person, not from the therapist.He also brings mindfulness techniques into sessions to help people notice stress reactions and respond more calmly. These practices can be short breathing or grounding exercises that fit into daily routines. Together these approaches help with stress, grief, relationship communication, and finding clearer purpose.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. Antonio works collaboratively to choose methods that match each person’s needs, goals, and preferences. He may combine strategies and adjust them over time based on what helps most.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation for skill practice and feedback. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be a good fit for a quick check-in. Live chat and text are useful for brief updates, reflections, or when typing feels easier. These options offer flexibility so therapy can fit around work, family, or health demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English, Tagalog
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