Viviana Urgiles, LCSW - Therapist in Texas

About Viviana

Viviana Urgiles is a licensed clinical social worker who uses trauma-informed methods to help people regain balance. She holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential and has practiced for 15 years across Texas and New York. Viviana focuses on practical skills that reduce distress and improve daily functioning.

Her approach blends evidence-based therapies with straightforward talk and real-life tools. She draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to change unhelpful thinking patterns.

Background and approach

She also uses acceptance and commitment therapy to help clients clarify values and act on them. Viviana frequently addresses stress, anxiety, and depression alongside trauma-related concerns. She helps people cope with grief, relationship strain, addiction, and major life changes.

She also works with issues tied to identity, including LGBT and gender dysphoria questions. Over her career she has supported people facing attachment wounds, abandonment, and blended family challenges. Other focus areas include caregiver stress, communication problems, domestic violence, and medical or cancer-related trauma.

She adapts methods to each person’s situation and goals. Sessions aim to build skills for emotional regulation, clearer communication, and healthier routines. Viviana explains the why behind techniques so clients can use them outside sessions.

Her style is direct and compassionate, with attention to cultural context and real-world demands.

Evidence-based approaches in online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying what matters most to a person and taking small steps toward those values while learning to accept difficult feelings. It helps with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes by shifting emphasis from symptom control to meaningful action.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replaces them with more useful ones. It is often used for anxiety, depression, trauma-related symptoms, and stress management because it teaches concrete skills that can be practiced between sessions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked in the past. Together they will try methods that fit the person’s needs and adjust as progress is made.

Online therapy provides flexible ways to connect through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, attend from a convenient location, or continue work during life transitions. Licensed professionals can use these formats to teach skills, review homework, and check in between meetings, helping therapy feel practical and accessible for everyday life.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

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.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, relationship strain, parenting and many related issues listed in her profile.

What is her therapeutic style?

She blends practical, evidence-based approaches like CBT and ACT with client-centered listening to teach coping skills and improve daily functioning.

How long has she practiced?

Viviana has 15 years of clinical experience working with people affected by trauma and related concerns.

What credentials and region are listed?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - NY LCSW 090637 and TX LCSW 115734 and based in Texas.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English and she is available to work with international clients.

What session formats are available?

Therapy can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How is cost handled?

Cost varies by location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 15 years
Licensed: New York, Texas
Languages: English

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