Raphael Alfaro
Compassionate counselor focused on practical change
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed in
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Raphael
Raphael Alfaro is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who helps people manage stress, anxiety, anger, and depression. He aims to make the first steps toward change feel manageable. Raphael uses straightforward, practical methods so people can try things that fit their day-to-day life.
He focuses on common sources of strain such as compassion fatigue and challenges tied to relationships and emotional regulation. Raphael has worked with trauma related to sexual abuse and medical experiences.
Background and approach
He also supports people dealing with addiction concerns, including substance use and process addictions like pornography and video games. In sessions, Raphael and the client set clear, realistic goals. They identify small, specific strategies to reduce distress and build coping skills.
He blends client-centered listening with structured tools from cognitive behavioral and dialectical approaches. Raphael brings eight years of counseling experience in Pennsylvania to his practice. He uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help people understand what matters to them and move toward those values.
Language of service is English, and international clients are not accepted. Clients who want to begin can use the site Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on therapist availability. Costs vary with location and a subscription model is used that can be canceled at any time.
How Raphael's approaches come through online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's priorities. Raphael uses this approach to help clients state their goals and feel heard before choosing specific strategies.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Raphael uses CBT to identify unhelpful patterns and teach practical skills for managing anxiety, mood, and stress.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete tools for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Those skills can be useful for managing strong reactions, relationship tension, and compulsive behaviors.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Raphael will work with each person to figure out which methods fit their goals and daily life. He checks in regularly and adjusts the plan based on what is working.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm the available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when days are tight. They also let people use methods like guided mindfulness practices and skill-building exercises from home, while scheduling around work, medical appointments, or caregiving responsibilities.
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.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Body image
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Visually impaired
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
Next step
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