Works with
- Anger
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
How Marcela works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Years in practice
- 11
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Marcela
Marcela Gonzales is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 11 years of experience. She draws on work in schools, hospitals, correctional settings, and community mental health to help people facing strong emotions and life shifts. She focuses on anger, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, and stress.
She also helps with self-esteem, LGBT concerns, coping with life changes, and coaching for personal goals. Her background gives her experience with a wide range of issues and life situations.
Background and approach
In sessions she aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through what is happening. She listens for patterns that fuel anger or anxiety and helps clients identify practical steps to change them. Goals are set together and progress is reviewed as therapy continues.
Her work has included supporting people affected by chronic pain and illness, caregiving stress, domestic violence, and grief. She has also worked with first responder issues, gender dysphoria, and concerns around body image and aging. This variety informs a flexible approach to each person's needs.
Marcela offers virtual appointments from Texas. She accepts many insurance plans and uses approaches that emphasize skill building and coping. Those looking for steady guidance through emotional setbacks or difficult transitions may find her approach straightforward and goal oriented.
What Marcela works with
Everything Marcela lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Marcela's practice.
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Marcela uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and behavior change. One common approach emphasizes identifying triggers and learning coping skills for anger and stress. This involves noticing warning signs, trying new responses, and practicing techniques to reduce intensity.Another helpful approach centers on processing trauma and building emotional regulation. It combines safety, pacing, and gradual work on painful memories while teaching ways to manage anxiety and depressive symptoms. These approaches are commonly used for trauma, abuse, and long-standing patterns of emotional reactivity.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, test what works, and adjust methods when needed. Clients help set priorities so sessions focus on what matters most to them.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions work well when video is difficult or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for short check-ins, skill practice between sessions, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options give flexibility to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other routines.
Questions people ask about Marcela
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with anger, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, stress, self-esteem, LGBT questions, and coping with life changes. Additional areas include chronic illness, caregiver stress, grief, and first responder issues.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is practical and collaborative. She listens, helps identify patterns, and teaches concrete skills to manage emotions and behavior.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 11 years of experience across education, hospital, correctional, and community mental health settings. That range shapes how she supports different life situations.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a Texas LPC credential and practices from Texas.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are video or text sessions available?
Yes. Sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Insurance plans are accepted depending on the plan.
What are the first steps to begin?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.