About Hannah
Hannah Padilla is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on anxiety and stress-related concerns. She practices with a calm, person-centered style that aims to make people feel heard and understood. Hannah uses straightforward teaching and practical skills so clients can manage daily challenges more effectively.
She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Texas A&M International University and completed a Master of Forensic Psychology at the University of Houston.
Background and approach
Hannah has four years of clinical experience working with adults and adolescents on mood, anxiety, and trauma-related concerns. Her work often centers on helping people regain control after difficult events and reduce symptoms that interfere with daily life. In sessions she combines cognitive-behavioral ideas with client-centered and solution-focused methods.
That means she helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, test new behaviors, and set clear, achievable goals. She also uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing techniques to support commitment and build coping skills. Hannah has particular experience with trauma, including survivors of sexual abuse, physical abuse, domestic violence, and neglect.
She also helps people facing grief, relationship strain, parenting stress, body image concerns, and problems with self-esteem. Her style is warm, direct, and geared toward practical steps that make a real difference. People who choose Hannah can expect a collaborative approach.
She listens first, helps set a plan, and then coaches toward measurable progress. Sessions aim to be respectful, focused, and tailored to each person's goals.
How evidence-based methods translate to online care
Hannah commonly uses client-centered methods that prioritize the person's goals and preferences. This approach means sessions start with listening and building a plan together, then adjusting techniques as needed to match what helps most.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and practicing new behaviors. CBT can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress because it breaks problems into concrete steps and homework that can be reviewed between sessions. Mindfulness Therapy is another tool she offers; it teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Hannah will work with each person to choose strategies that fit their goals, daily life, and comfort level. She checks in regularly and adapts the plan as progress and challenges arise.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction and visual cues, phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth or camera use is limited, live chat can suit quick check-ins or shorter sessions, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules while focusing on practical skills and steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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