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Elizabeth Barrera-Sepulveda

Compassionate counseling with practical tools

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Credentials
LPC
Experience
22 years
Licensed in
Texas
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Elizabeth

Elizabeth Barrera-Sepulveda is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Texas. She offers calm, attentive support and helps people take steps toward feeling steadier in daily life. Her approach focuses on practical tools and clear strategies tailored to each person's situation.

Elizabeth speaks English and brings 22 years of experience in counseling work. She trained at the University of Texas at Austin for undergraduate studies and earned a Master of Science in Counseling from Texas A & M University in Corpus Christi.

Background and approach

Before licensure she worked for about a decade as a master counselor, then continued in inpatient and outpatient behavioral health settings. That background includes crisis work in shelters and group facilitation for people coping with shared struggles. Elizabeth has extensive experience supporting people who have experienced trauma, including victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.

She has also worked with folks facing depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, PTSD symptoms, and substance use concerns. Her practice includes helping with relationship and family issues as well as life transitions and grief. Her style blends client-centered listening with solution-focused techniques and cognitive behavioral tools.

She focuses on finding concrete strategies clients can try between sessions. In trauma work she draws on methods aimed at reducing the impact of painful memories and improving coping skills. People who choose Elizabeth can expect straightforward talk, steady support, and plans that focus on real-world steps.

She aims to meet each person where they are and help them move toward clearer goals.

How Elizabeth’s approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. Online sessions using this approach let the therapist follow the client's lead, validate feelings, and help set goals that matter to the client. It is helpful for people who need steady support and clearer direction.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. In online work, CBT uses practical exercises and homework the client can do between sessions to change unhelpful patterns and reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood.

Trauma-Focused Therapy is aimed at reducing the ongoing impact of traumatic events. When delivered online, it combines careful pacing with concrete coping skills to manage triggers and distress while working toward improved daily functioning.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy process. Elizabeth will work together with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process helps shape a plan that feels manageable and relevant.

Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone conversations, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit counseling into busy schedules, to check in when travel or childcare is a barrier, and to use different ways of communicating depending on what feels safest and most useful.

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.

Motivational Interviewing

A way of working through mixed feelings about change without being pushed. The therapist helps you weigh things up and find your own reasons, which often makes a difficult decision feel less stuck.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and family issues, addictions, sleep problems, anger, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related concerns listed in her profile.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is client-centered, focusing on listening and collaboration. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques and solution-focused methods to build practical tools.
How much experience does she bring?
She has 22 years of counseling experience, including work in inpatient and outpatient behavioral health and crisis shelter settings.
What credentials and location apply?
She is a licensed professional counselor, LPC, with Texas license TX LPC 63128 and practices from Texas.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to connect in different ways.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started if I want to work with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.

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Experience
22 years
Licensed
Texas
Languages
English

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