- Warm interactive style
- Bilingual English Spanish
- Practical coping skills
About Ana
Ana Ortiz is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 14 years of clinical experience. She began her career as a rehab counselor and advocate and has since worked with people facing depression, anxiety, trauma, and substance issues. She speaks English and Spanish and approaches each person with warmth and respect.
Her background includes work with brain injury, domestic violence, chronic pain, and both emotional and physical trauma. She also has experience supporting people with parenting challenges, career or vocational concerns, and grief. Codependency and attachment issues are among the additional areas she addresses.
In sessions she adapts methods to the person in front of her. Ana uses client-centered listening alongside cognitive-behavioral ideas and emotion-focused work. She keeps the conversation practical and focused on small, achievable steps that connect with daily life.
Her style is interactive and compassionate. She aims to create a space where people can talk through painful experiences and practice new ways of coping. The goal is to help people build more satisfying relationships with themselves and others.
Ana believes change starts with small shifts in thinking and behavior. She and the person she’s working with set clear goals and try techniques that fit their needs. If you want help sorting through stress, codependency, or trauma-related concerns, she asks that you start by completing the site’s matching questionnaire to schedule your first session.
How her approaches guide online work
Ana blends several practical approaches that translate well to conversation-focused sessions. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connections and helps people notice and change those patterns. It can be useful for codependency, abandonment concerns, and intimacy issues.Client-centered therapy centers on empathic listening and follows the person’s priorities. This approach helps people feel heard and supports exploration of values, identity, and self-esteem. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Ana will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then suggest methods to try. Together they track what helps and adjust the plan over time to fit real life and changing needs.
If you are considering online sessions, confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make scheduling easier, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time so therapy fits around work, school, or caregiving. Licensed professionals can adapt these approaches to help people practice skills, process difficult events, and plan next steps from wherever they join a session.
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Experience
14+ years
Credentials
Texas
Languages
English, Spanish
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Ana commonly address?
She works with a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, and codependency.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Ana combines client-centered listening with cognitive-behavioral and emotion-focused techniques. Her sessions are warm, interactive, and aimed at practical changes.
What is her professional background?
She has 14 years of experience working as a rehab counselor, advocate, and therapist, supporting people with brain injury, chronic pain, trauma, and other challenges.
Where is Ana licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Texas and practices with that credential in mind.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to begin working with Ana?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.