- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- ACT and CBT
- Mindfulness practices
About Dolores
Dolores Ituarte Valenzuela is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) in Texas with 10 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, low self-esteem, and depression. Her work focuses on practical ways to talk through hard feelings and improve day-to-day functioning.
Dolores uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy as one of her approaches, alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Mindfulness Therapy. In sessions she encourages people to name emotions that feel confusing or overwhelming. She also addresses related concerns such as abandonment, attachment issues, communication problems, codependency, and difficulties after divorce or separation.
Her style centers on clear, ordinary conversation about what’s happening now and what patterns repeat. She helps people notice how thoughts, behaviors, and feelings link together and tries small, doable changes in thinking and action. Tasks between sessions are often straightforward and tied to everyday life.
Dolores has worked with issues across the lifespan including aging and geriatric matters and caregiving stress, and she also supports people coping with chronic pain, illness, or disability. She pays attention to personality-related struggles such as avoidant, dependent, and codependent patterns that affect relationships and self-worth.
Sessions are conducted in English. People interested in starting are asked to use the site buttons to complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How Dolores blends Emotionally-Focused, ACT, and CBT online
Dolores combines Emotionally-Focused Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address feelings, values, and behavior. EFT helps people name and track strong emotions and the interaction patterns that keep them stuck. ACT focuses on clarifying personal values and taking steps that matter despite difficult thoughts. CBT breaks unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns into parts that can be noticed and changed.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dolores will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they will try methods that fit the person’s needs and adjust how they work as progress is made.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. Dolores can use the approaches above in online appointments to help people recognize emotions, practice new skills, and plan small steps between sessions.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, low self-esteem, and depression. Additional focus areas include attachment issues, communication problems, codependency, and divorce or separation.
What therapeutic approach does she use?
Dolores lists Emotionally-Focused Therapy as one of her approaches and also uses ACT, Client-Centered Therapy, CBT, and Mindfulness Therapy.
How much experience does she have?
She has 10 years of professional work experience as a counselor in Texas.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does payment work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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