Pedro Ricardo Gonzalez
Compassionate counselor for practical family support
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed in
- Texas, Colorado, Arizona
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Format
- Online sessions
About Pedro
Pedro Ricardo Gonzalez is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas. He speaks English and Spanish and brings 22 years of clinical experience to his work. Pedro focuses on practical goals and partners with parents and individuals to make changes that feel manageable and real.
He helps people of different ages and backgrounds address everyday struggles and more complex challenges. Pedro’s background includes clinical work, youth advocacy, and roles in nonprofit and residential settings.
Background and approach
That mix informs how he structures sessions - clear steps, steady feedback, and attention to strengths. He draws from several therapy styles to match the person in front of him rather than using one fixed method. In sessions he aims for straightforward communication.
He listens first, then collaborates on goals that fit a family’s or individual’s life. Parents will find a focus on what can change at home, while adults often work on coping, relationships, or mood concerns. Pedro uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to address unhelpful thinking and habits.
He also integrates mindfulness practices and narrative work to help people notice patterns and tell a different story about themselves. He offers EMDR when trauma memories need a targeted approach. Sessions are offered via video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, and he works with international clients as well.
To get started, users complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability.
Therapeutic approaches that fit online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and meeting each person where they are. The therapist follows the client’s lead, supports strengths, and helps set goals that make sense for daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers simple skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress.Pedro aims to find the right approach together. He talks with clients about goals and preferences, then suggests one or two methods to try. That decision is collaborative and can shift as needs evolve.
Online formats like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video and phone sessions work well for deeper conversation and skills practice, while chat and messaging can support coaching, quick check-ins, or moment-to-moment coping. These options increase flexibility for families and individuals who need different levels of contact or who live outside the therapist's immediate area.
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.
EMDR
A structured protocol used with distressing memories, pairing recall with guided attention tasks. Some therapists adapt it for video sessions; whether that fits is worth asking about directly.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Texas, Colorado, Arizona, Missouri, Arkansas, New Hampshire
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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