- Stress management
- CBT style work
- English and Spanish
About Olga
Olga Velez is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 20 years of clinical experience in Mexico and the United States. She works with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, low self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes, and she communicates in English and Spanish.
She takes a practical, integrative approach in sessions. She combines techniques drawn from evidence-based therapies with a humanistic, relational perspective. Sessions focus on clear goals, skill practice, and looking at how past experiences affect current behavior and relationships.
Olga often uses methods that target thought patterns and emotional responses, alongside body- and experience-focused work. She helps people learn new ways to manage anxiety, improve communication, and rebuild trust after painful events. Work can include short-term strategies for immediate relief and longer-term exploration of patterns that keep problems returning.
Her background includes clinical practice across cultural settings, which she brings into conversations about identity, family expectations, and life transitions. She also addresses issues related to chronic illness, caregiving stress, and changes that come with aging.
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish. Because she has practiced in both Mexico and the U.S., she can work with cultural and language factors that affect how people describe their problems and what solutions feel realistic to them.
How evidence-based methods translate to online work
She uses evidence-based techniques that focus on thoughts, behaviors, and present-moment experience. Cognitive approaches help identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns and are useful for anxiety, low mood, and relationship conflict. Experiential approaches look at feelings and bodily responses in the moment to help people notice and shift emotional patterns.Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist and client review goals, test methods, and adjust plans together so therapy fits how someone prefers to work and what they need to change. That means trying different strategies early and keeping what helps.
Confirm the current session options before booking because formats were not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into daily life by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins, or letting people choose whether to use video or audio depending on comfort and bandwidth. These practical benefits can help therapy become a regular part of a busy schedule without promising a particular format.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Texas, New Mexico
Languages
English, Spanish
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationships, low self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes, plus related concerns like abandonment and communication problems.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is integrative and relational, blending evidence-based techniques with humanistic attention to the therapy relationship.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 20 years of clinical experience working in Mexico and the United States.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LPCC and LPC credentials and practices in Texas.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions scheduled and what formats are available?
Please confirm current session formats before booking since the biography does not list specific session formats.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.