About Ana
Ana Parra is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who focuses on practical, down-to-earth support. She has 12 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and life changes. Her approach is warm and interactive and she speaks English and Spanish.
Clients can expect straightforward conversations that aim to make daily life easier. Sessions often include learning new skills for managing strong feelings, improving sleep or eating habits, and handling workplace or relationship strain.
Background and approach
Ana keeps language simple and avoids jargon so parents and individuals can follow along. Her background includes work across age groups and a variety of concerns such as substance use, trauma and grief, self-esteem, and intimacy-related issues. She draws from cognitive-behavioral approaches and acceptance-based ideas to help people notice patterns and try small, doable changes.
Dialectical strategies are used when emotion regulation and impulsivity are concerns. Ana also works on communication problems, body image, social anxiety, and issues connected to parenting and workplace stress. She emphasizes collaboration and sets goals together with each person she sees.
Sessions may use talk, skill practice, and short exercises to build new coping habits. She understands starting therapy can feel hard and meets people where they are. Ana aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space so people can speak honestly and take steady steps toward feeling better.
Approach-Focused Online Therapy for Everyday Problems
Ana commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) when helping people online. ACT centers on clarifying values and learning to accept difficult thoughts while taking action that matters. It can help with anxiety, depression, and the frustrations of daily life. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments and behavior changes to reduce symptoms like worry and low mood.Finding the right fit is a collaborative process. Ana will talk with each person about their goals, what has helped or not helped before, and preferences for change. Together they decide which approach or mix of approaches to try and adjust the plan over time based on results and comfort level.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video helps with face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat or text messaging can fit short updates, check-ins between sessions, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options support continuing therapy around work, school, or parenting demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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