About Marcelo
Marcelo Gonzalez is a licensed clinical professional counselor in Illinois with ten years of experience. He focuses on anxiety, stress, self-esteem, and life transitions. Marcelo aims to create an encouraging, empathetic, and affirming space where people can talk about what feels hard right now.
He listens without judgment and meets people where they are. Sessions are practical and grounded in everyday language. Marcelo often helps clients notice patterns that keep them stuck and tries simple experiments to see what changes feel possible.
Background and approach
His background emphasizes identity and multicultural concerns. He supports people navigating LGBTQ questions, acculturation, immigration-related stress, and the ways race or nationality shape daily life. He also works with concerns like ADHD, compassion fatigue, relationship and intimacy questions, and sexual diversity including kink and non-monogamous arrangements.
Marcelo uses tools from cognitive behavioral work, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, mindfulness, client-centered methods, and motivational interviewing. He tailors these approaches to each person's goals and pace rather than following a single script. People looking for help with career transitions, midlife questions, or finding purpose often seek practical steps in sessions.
Marcelo helps clients clarify values, make decisions, and try new behaviors that fit their life. He also accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small actions that match those values. It helps when anxiety or avoidance keeps someone from living the life they want. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors feed each other and uses practical exercises to shift unhelpful patterns. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and mood difficulties. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase awareness of habits that cause distress.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Marcelo will talk with each person about their goals and try methods that fit their needs and pace. Over time he adjusts the mix of techniques so sessions remain useful and relevant.
Online formats - video, phone, live chat, and text messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video lets the therapist and client read visual cues and work through exercises together. Phone sessions are lower bandwidth and can be easier if getting on camera is difficult. Live chat and text messaging allow short check-ins, journaling between sessions, and flexible communication when schedules are tight.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- LGBT
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- ADHD
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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