Marcela Gonzales, LPC

Marcela Gonzales is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 11 years of experience. She offers calm, practical support for adults facing anxiety, depression, stress, and trauma. Marcela focuses on helping people cope with life changes and build skills for everyday challenges.

Her background includes work in education, hospitals, correctional settings, and community mental health. Those roles gave her experience with a wide range of concerns and life situations. She brings that variety of experience into sessions to tailor support to each person.

In sessions Marcela helps clients talk through difficult emotions, handle anger, and process grief. She also supports people navigating LGBT issues, self-esteem struggles, and the effects of abuse. Coaching-style guidance is available for those wanting practical steps toward personal goals.

Marcela also lists aging and geriatric issues and caregiver stress among her focus areas, so she can address concerns that arise with getting older or supporting someone with long-term needs. She has worked with people affected by chronic illness, cancer, and disability as well.

Virtual therapy appointments are offered. A variety of insurance plans are accepted. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.

How evidence-based techniques translate to online care

Marcela uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and problem solving. One approach she often brings emphasizes identifying unhelpful thinking and practicing new ways of responding to stress and mood problems. This kind of work helps with anxiety, depression, and everyday stressors by teaching concrete skills to change patterns of thinking and behavior.

Another approach centers on processing difficult experiences and trauma through paced conversations and coping strategies. It supports people dealing with past abuse, grief, or upsetting events by helping them make sense of what happened and build resilience for day-to-day life.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Marcela will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She tailors the plan as therapy progresses so methods can change if something else would work better.

If you want online sessions, confirm the available session options before booking. Virtual appointments are listed as available, and Marcela can discuss which format will best fit your schedule and communication needs. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people work on goals from wherever they are located.