About Ralph
Ralph DeMar is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people manage stress and anxiety and find clearer paths through hard times. He focuses on helping clients notice patterns from their past that shape present reactions. Conversations aim to restore a sense of voice and self so people can make the choices they want in life.
Ralph treats a wide range of concerns including depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, and relationship or intimacy difficulties.
Background and approach
He also works with issues like sleep and eating problems, anger, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Additional interests include first responder challenges, veteran and armed forces issues, OCD and compulsive behaviors, and process addictions such as problematic gambling or pornography use. His approach starts with listening and education.
He helps clients identify recurring beliefs and learned patterns that no longer serve them. From there he offers practical strategies drawn from cognitive behavioral approaches and skills-based work to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Ralph blends attachment-focused ideas with client-centered principles so people feel heard while exploring what they want to change.
He also uses techniques from dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness. Sessions are guided by the client’s goals and paced to fit each person’s needs. He has 20 years of experience as an LPC in Texas and holds a master’s degree in clinical psychology, with a background now described as forensic psychology.
Therapy is framed as a process of self-discovery and reclaiming identity, and Ralph aims to support clients as they make tough, brave decisions about their lives.
Approaches that guide online work and practical supports
Ralph integrates attachment-based ideas and cognitive behavioral therapy in online sessions. Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape how people relate now and can help with intimacy-related issues, anxiety, and trust concerns. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and offers concrete techniques to change unhelpful patterns like worry, avoidance, or compulsive actions.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to goals and preferences, then suggest methods to try. Together they adjust focus and techniques as progress unfolds, so the plan changes if something isn’t working for the client.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skill practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or manage brief concerns without a full video visit. These options help people access consistent support while fitting therapy into work, family, or unpredictable schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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