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Liliana Cruz

Liliana Cruz, LPC

Virginia

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LPC in Virginia - anxiety and trauma care

  • Anxiety and depression
  • Trauma and abuse
  • Mindfulness and CBT

About Liliana

Liliana Cruz is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) in Virginia with seven years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, family concerns, and self-esteem struggles. Her profile lists additional focus areas such as abandonment, attachment issues, and caregiver stress. Liliana speaks English and bases her practice in Virginia.

She uses a person-centered way of working paired with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral approaches. Sessions focus on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and testing new ways of responding. Mindfulness exercises and acceptance-based ideas are also part of how she helps people manage hard feelings.

Liliana describes a collaborative style. She offers straightforward feedback and helps people try out tools between sessions. That can mean learning grounding skills for anxiety, setting boundaries around family stress, or problem-solving next steps after trauma.

Her work attends to the influence of culture and life experience. Liliana notes a background that adds cultural awareness to conversations about identity, relationships, and belief systems. She also recognizes how caregiving roles or blended-family dynamics change what someone might need from therapy.

Practical goals tend to guide her sessions. Clients and therapist together set what to work on, try specific skills, and check progress. People looking for a counselor who blends client-centered conversation with cognitive and mindfulness techniques may find this approach straightforward and focused.

How her approaches translate to online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing what matters to someone and practicing actions that reflect those values even when feelings are difficult. It can help when shame or guilt keeps someone stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches practical strategies to test and change unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness Therapy uses simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and increase awareness of present-moment experience.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try techniques, and adjust what is used based on what helps. That means methods may shift over a few sessions as the best fit becomes clearer.

Session formats are not specified in the profile, so confirm available options before booking. Many people find online sessions useful because they can fit work or caregiving schedules more easily, reduce travel time, and allow a shorter check-in when needed. Online meetings can also make it easier to practice mindfulness or behavioral experiments between sessions and to use worksheets or tools together during the appointment.

Areas of expertise

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

7+ years

Listed in

Virginia

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she work with?

She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, family concerns, and self-esteem issues, with extra focus areas such as abandonment and caregiver stress.

How would she approach shame or guilt?

She blends client-centered conversation with cognitive and acceptance-based techniques to notice unhelpful thoughts and try different responses.

What experience does she bring?

She has seven years of experience as a licensed counselor working with mood, trauma-related, and family concerns.

What is her professional credential and location?

She is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) licensed in Virginia and practices in that state.

Can I work with her in other languages?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Please confirm the current session format options before booking, as the profile does not list specific formats.

How are sessions paid for?

Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.

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