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Olga Velez

Olga Velez, LPCC, LPC

Texas

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LPCC LPC in Texas - Stress and relationships

  • Bilingual English Spanish
  • Integrative evidence-based methods
  • Focus on coping skills

About Olga

Olga Velez is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with 20 years of clinical experience. She works with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, low self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.

She trained and worked in both Mexico and the United States and brings that bilingual experience to her practice. Olga uses an integrative, evidence-based approach that draws on multiple techniques to address the specific problem in front of the client. She emphasizes practical steps alongside talking through feelings so people can notice real shifts in day-to-day life.

Olga often addresses issues that show up around attachment, abandonment, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and communication problems. She also works with concerns listed as antisocial or avoidant personality patterns, blended family tensions, commitment difficulties, and difficulties that come with aging.

Her background includes work with grief, trauma, emotional abuse, and both adolescent and adult concerns. Olga aims to help people untangle responses that feel stuck and to practice new ways of relating to themselves and others. She explains interventions plainly and checks in frequently to see what is helping.

To begin, potential clients select the online therapy options button, fill a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session. Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

Integrative approaches and how online sessions can work

Olga draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address emotional pain and stuck patterns. Cognitive approaches focus on noticing and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can help with anxiety, low self-esteem, and depressive patterns. Gestalt-informed ideas encourage noticing present-moment experience and relationships between thoughts, feelings, and body responses to increase awareness and choice.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Olga will discuss options and choose interventions together with the client based on needs, goals, and how a person prefers to work. That collaborative process helps shape whether sessions focus more on skills practice, exploring past wounds, or changing day-to-day patterns.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know how she is offering sessions at the moment. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, or allow shorter check-ins when time is limited. Those practical benefits can help therapy integrate into everyday life while you figure out what approach feels most useful.

Areas of expertise

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPhobiasPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Experience

20+ years

Listed in

Texas, New Mexico

Languages

English, Spanish

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she focus on?

She works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, low self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes, plus related areas like attachment and caregiver stress.

How would she approach shame or guilt tied to relationships?

She uses an integrative, evidence-based approach and practical interventions to talk through painful feelings and try new ways of relating to oneself and others.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 20 years of clinical practice experience in Mexico and the United States.

What are her credentials and where does she practice?

She holds LPCC and LPC credentials and practices in Texas.

Which languages are supported in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.

Can people outside the U.S. work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How are sessions arranged and what does it cost?

Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What is the first step to begin therapy?

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.

Olga VelezLPCC, LPC

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