Therapist profile
Ana Manrique, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor - Relationships and Parenting
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- ACT techniques
- CBT strategies
- Mindfulness skills
About Ana
Ana Manrique is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with nine years of clinical work. She speaks English and Spanish. She works with relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, and related challenges that affect daily life.
She favors a straightforward, person-centered approach. Sessions focus on what feels most pressing at home and at work. Conversations often identify practical steps a person can try between meetings. Ana uses tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside mindfulness and motivational interviewing techniques.
People can expect a calm, direct style that prioritizes clear goals and small changes. She emphasizes strengths clients already have and builds on those skills. The aim is to reduce distress and increase the ability to handle everyday pressures such as caregiving strain, communication problems, and commitment worries.
Ana has experience addressing complex family-related themes like blended family issues, adoption and foster care, abandonment, and attachment concerns. She also works with people managing compassion fatigue, caregiver stress, and aging or geriatric issues.
Her background includes work with substance-related problems and addiction, and she incorporates motivational interviewing to support change. Ana blends client-centered listening with action-oriented strategies so sessions feel practical and focused. To begin, people choose an online therapy option, complete a short questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
How sessions work
Approach and how online sessions work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that reflect their values. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and life changes by focusing on what matters rather than on eliminating every difficult feeling.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. It helps people test unhelpful thinking patterns and try concrete behavioral experiments to reduce anxiety, manage depression, or change risky habits.
Finding the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods to emphasize based on goals and day-to-day needs. This is a practical conversation that can change as progress is made.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. They can also let someone keep therapy sessions during job breaks or when balancing caregiving duties. Licensed professionals adapt pacing and techniques so remote work stays focused and useful.
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Experience
9+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English, Spanish
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with relationship issues, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, stress, and related family concerns.
What is her general approach in sessions?
Sessions combine client-centered listening with practical methods from ACT, CBT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to set goals and try small changes.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has nine years of professional experience working with people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, and addiction-related difficulties.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in Texas.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Can I work with her from outside the United States?
International clients are not currently accepted; she works with people located in Texas.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.