Agustin Vieyra Ornelas
Calm, practical therapy for life challenges
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Format
- Online sessions
About Agustin
Agustin Vieyra Ornelas is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in California. He brings 17 years of experience to his work and focuses on practical help for everyday problems. He speaks English and Spanish and uses straightforward, respectful language so people feel heard from the first session.
Agustin believes that each person knows their story best. He treats clients as partners in solving problems and looks for strengths to build on.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to be direct and useful, not long lectures or jargon-heavy explanations. He addresses common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. He also works with issues like parenting, grief, addiction, self-esteem, and identity questions related to LGBT concerns.
Agustin tailors the work to what each person brings into the room. His background includes training in client-centered approaches and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, along with solution-focused and motivational methods. Those tools are used to set clear goals and try practical steps between sessions.
Agustin values collaboration when working through trauma, life changes, grief, or career stress. He encourages small, realistic changes that can improve day-to-day functioning and emotional balance. For people who prefer therapy in Spanish, he can provide services in that language.
He offers sessions through video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience, helping people feel respected and guiding sessions at their pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches concrete ways to change unhelpful habits for issues like anxiety or depression.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust the plan based on what helps. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques to emphasize over time.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work between sessions. Licensed professionals can use these formats to provide consistent, goal-focused care without requiring travel.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Existential Therapy
Takes the larger questions seriously: meaning, choice, mortality, responsibility. Suited to periods when the difficulty is less a symptom than a sense that something has to change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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