Sergio Fernandez
Practical, goal-focused therapy with real tools
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Sergio
Sergio Fernandez is a licensed professional counselor who uses practical, evidence-based methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. He emphasizes clear goals and step-by-step strategies so conversations stay focused and useful. Sergio works from Texas and brings 26 years of clinical experience to each session.
He often combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy to match what a person needs. In sessions he helps clients spot unhelpful thinking patterns, set small achievable goals, and practice new ways of handling difficult feelings.
Background and approach
The work is collaborative - clients and the therapist plan what to try next. Sergio also addresses grief, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. He supports people during major life changes and when managing conditions like bipolar disorder or ADHD.
Additional areas he pays attention to include communication problems, codependency, caregiver stress, and issues that come up during divorce or blended family transitions. His approach is straightforward and practical. Conversations focus on skills, short-term strategies, and real-life practice between sessions.
Sergio explains what tools he’s using and checks in about how they feel and whether they’re helping. Sessions are offered in English and are available via a variety of online formats. People who want to begin can complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a time that fits their needs.
Therapeutic approaches for effective online care
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying small changes in thinking and behavior. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and everyday coping skills. Solution-Focused Therapy centers on setting short-term, practical goals and building on what is already working. It helps people make quick, concrete progress during life transitions or when seeking specific changes. Trauma-Focused Therapy is aimed at helping people process and reduce the impact of difficult memories or traumatic experiences through structured techniques and pacing that suit the person.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sergio will talk with each person about goals, past experiences, and what feels most comfortable. Together they decide which methods to try, and adjust the plan based on what helps most in real life.
Online therapy through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule. These formats let people meet from home, use short check-ins or longer conversations, and try tools between sessions while staying connected to a licensed professional. The variety of options supports flexibility and ongoing progress.
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.
Solution-Focused Therapy
Rather than examining the problem at length, this looks at what is already working and builds on it. Sessions tend to be practical and forward-looking, with small achievable steps, which translates readily to shorter online conversations.
Trauma-Focused Therapy
Work that takes difficult past experience into account and moves at a pace you set, with attention to feeling steady before anything else. Being in your own space can make that easier for some people.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Sergio
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- Nothing to set up just to look
- Stop at any point