Ana Manrique, LPC

Ana Manrique is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with nine years of experience. She helps people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction-related difficulties, and relationship concerns, including jealousy. Her style is grounded in empathy and respect, and she encourages people to draw on their own strengths as they work toward change.

Ana believes clients are the experts on their own lives. She focuses on building emotional resources and practical skills to improve day-to-day functioning. Sessions tend to center on clear goals, simple strategies, and steady support rather than jargon or complicated methods.

Her background includes nearly a decade of hands-on clinical work with adults dealing with stress, grief, self-esteem issues, and intimacy-related concerns. She blends approaches to match each person’s needs, using techniques that encourage flexibility in thinking and action.

In the therapy room Ana uses tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and mindfulness practices to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try new ways of responding. Motivational Interviewing and client-centered methods inform how she listens and sets goals together with clients.

Sessions are offered in English and Spanish, and Ana works from a practical, encouraging stance. She supports people through life transitions, parenting challenges, career stress, and relational pain while helping them build more stable coping skills.

How Ana’s approaches translate to online work

Ana commonly draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her practice. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and it supports taking actions that match personal values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at thought and behavior patterns and offers concrete steps to change unhelpful habits and reduce distress.

She also brings client-centered listening and mindfulness into sessions to help people feel heard and to build steady attention to the present moment. These methods are useful for relationship strain, anxiety, grief, and stress when a person wants practical tools and clearer daily routines.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Ana works collaboratively to figure out which methods fit a person's goals and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress is made. Clients and therapist check in together about what’s working and what needs to change.

Specific online session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm available options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Licensed professionals can use these methods effectively over distance while helping clients build skills they can use in everyday life.