Ana Manrique, LPC

Ana Manrique is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with nine years of clinical experience. She supports people dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction-related concerns, and stress. Ana emphasizes empathy and respect in sessions and treats each person as the expert on their own life.

Her approach is practical and strengths-based. She helps people notice how thoughts and everyday habits shape feelings and actions. Sessions focus on small changes that build emotional resilience and create more balance day to day.

Ana uses a mix of proven strategies to match what each person needs. She blends acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive-behavioral techniques, mindfulness, client-centered listening, and motivational interviewing. That lets her tailor work to issues like relationships, parenting strain, grief, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.

She also addresses concerns such as abandonment, attachment struggles, codependency, body image, caregiver stress, and issues that come up after adoption or foster care. People who bring worries about anger, intimacy, career stress, or compassion fatigue can find practical tools in sessions.

Ana offers therapy in English and Spanish. She encourages people to take the first step toward change and supports them through setting goals, practicing new habits, and tracking progress over time.

How Ana’s approaches work in online therapy

Ana often draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult thoughts and commit to actions that match their values. ACT focuses on changing how someone relates to thoughts instead of trying to eliminate them, which can help with anxiety, depression, and commitment issues.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and shift unhelpful thinking patterns and everyday habits. CBT offers structured strategies and homework to practice new behaviors that reduce stress and improve mood, which can be useful for panic, low mood, and workplace or parenting stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ana collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, comfort level, and day-to-day life. She checks in regularly and adjusts techniques based on what is helping and what feels workable.

Confirm current session format options before booking so you know what is available. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving, or busy days because sessions may be scheduled without travel time. It also allows for shorter check-ins or conversation-centered sessions when that fits the need. Licensed professionals can help adapt exercises and homework to an online setting so progress continues between sessions.