About Cecilia
Cecilia Clowdus is a Licensed Professional Counselor who practices in Texas. She draws on seven years of clinical work to support people facing anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma, and life transitions. Cecilia uses straightforward, practical steps and calm listening to help people feel steadier in day-to-day life.
Her sessions focus on what matters most to each person. She helps clients manage stress, improve self-esteem, and navigate grief or relationship struggles. Cecilia also addresses substance use, eating concerns, and career or caregiving stress with clear goals and coping tools.
Background and approach
She blends several evidence-informed methods to match a client's needs. That can mean learning behavioral skills to reduce overwhelm, practicing acceptance of difficult feelings, or working on emotional patterns that affect relationships. Cecilia aims to teach strategies people can use between sessions.
Cecilia keeps the work collaborative. She listens for each person's priorities and builds a plan together that feels realistic and doable. Small changes and steady practice are encouraged over quick fixes.
Practical supports are a common part of her work. That might include structure for daily routines, tools to manage impulsivity or attention, or communication skills for tense conversations. The overall goal is to increase functioning and a sense of agency in everyday life.
Approaches that translate well to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, encourages people to notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and to take action toward their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and the frustration that comes with ADHD or life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and changing behaviors that keep problems going; it’s useful for panic, mood concerns, and stress. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a warm, nonjudgmental relationship where the therapist listens deeply and follows each person's pace; this supports self-esteem, grief work, and building trust in the therapy process.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will ask about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they will try methods that fit the person's needs and adjust them over time to find the best match.
Online sessions offer flexibility for people with busy schedules or limited travel options. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations and skill practice, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low, and live chat or text-based messaging work well for quick check-ins or when writing feels more comfortable. These formats make it simpler to maintain consistent care while balancing school, work, or caregiving responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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