About Audra
Audra Benavidez is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with three years of clinical experience. She focuses on common struggles such as stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, parenting concerns, and ADHD. Audra approaches each person as the expert on their own life and aims to build on their existing strengths.
Her style is supportive and encouraging. She emphasizes practical steps and clear goals. Sessions tend to focus on what is happening now and what can change next.
Background and approach
Audra talks through coping strategies and helps people try new ways of handling stress and anxious thoughts. She also works with issues tied to relationships and sense of self, such as communication problems, control issues, guilt and shame, and avoidant personality traits. Audra offers help for life transitions, grief, and questions about purpose and meaning.
Young adult concerns and women’s issues are also part of her practice focus. Audra uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and keeps the sessions collaborative. She encourages small experiments between visits so people can test what works in daily life.
Progress is measured in practical changes rather than labels. Sessions are offered in English. People connect with her through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling according to availability.
Approaches that guide online sessions and what to expect
Audra draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach is skills-based work that teaches coping tools for anxiety and stress, such as breathing, grounding, and step-by-step problem solving. These tools are practical and meant to be used between sessions to manage day-to-day challenges.She also uses approaches that focus on understanding patterns of thought and behavior. This involves noticing unhelpful thinking, testing new reactions, and strengthening more helpful habits so people feel less stuck. That work is useful for issues like low self-esteem, social anxiety, and impulsivity.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. Audra will discuss goals and preferences and help decide which techniques to try first. She checks in regularly and adjusts methods based on what is helping and what is not.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face discussion when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to use video. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send shorter updates, ask quick questions, or check in between scheduled sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and keep progress moving forward.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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