Dolores Aguilar, LPCC

Dolores Aguilar is an LPCC practicing in California who focuses on practical, skills-based care. She helps people address stress, anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, LGBT-related challenges, and relationship or intimacy-related issues. Dolores emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in every session.

Her work centers on building strengths people already have. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Mindfulness approaches, and client-centered principles to shape the conversation. This means sessions often include skill practice, values clarification, and simple behavior strategies to manage difficult feelings.

Dolores has seven years of professional experience and uses a trauma-informed lens when helping people with grief, family of origin concerns, body image, caregiver stress, and co-occurring addiction and mental health issues. She also supports people dealing with guilt, shame, immigration stress, and gender dysphoria concerns.

Her style is collaborative and practical. She tailors each plan to the person in front of her and focuses on concrete steps that fit daily life. That might include short behavioral experiments, mindfulness exercises, or communication practice.

Starting therapy can feel hard, and Dolores aims to make the first steps easier. She encourages people to notice what already works for them and to build on those skills while addressing the problems that got them seeking help.

How her approaches fit with online therapy

Dolores commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. ACT focuses on clarifying personal values and learning to accept difficult thoughts while taking actions that matter. CBT looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Dolores will work together with the client to decide which methods match their goals, needs, and daily life. She adjusts techniques based on what is helpful and what a person prefers.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow short check-ins when needed. It can also let people practice skills in their usual routines and use mindfulness or behavioral experiments between meetings to track progress.