Ana Ortiz
Practical, compassionate counseling for life’s challenges
LPC Texas
- Experience
- 14 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Family, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English, Spanish
About Ana
Ana Ortiz is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with 14 years of clinical experience. She has worked as a rehab counselor, advocate, and therapist.
Background and approach
She helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addictions, and relationship concerns. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Ana draws on practical methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques and attachment-focused work. She also uses client-centered principles to shape conversations around each person's goals.
This means sessions focus on what matters to the individual and move at a pace that feels manageable. Her style is warm and interactive.
She aims to create a space where people can talk through hard experiences without feeling judged. Ana listens for patterns from past relationships and current stressors that affect daily life and decision making.
She has experience helping people with parenting strain, caregiver stress, chronic pain and illness, and substance concerns. Additional focus areas include abandonment, body image, codependency, and communication problems.
Ana also addresses mood conditions such as bipolar disorder and co-occurring challenges. In sessions she mixes practical skills with deeper conversation.
That can include building coping plans, practicing new ways to communicate, and processing traumatic memories when appropriate. Her approach is collaborative and goal-oriented so progress can be measured one step at a time.
Therapeutic approaches for online work
Gottman Method work focuses on practical communication and conflict tools that can help people strengthen connection and reduce recurring fights. It emphasizes clear, structured skills for listening, expressing needs, and managing emotions in relationship situations.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current patterns. This approach helps people notice recurring attachment styles, understand emotional responses, and develop more supported ways of relating to others.
Client-Centered Therapy places the person’s experience at the center of sessions. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects what they say, and helps people clarify their own goals and values.
Finding the best approach is part of the work. Ana will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. Together they’ll try strategies and adjust the plan based on what proves most helpful.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction when demonstrating communication skills or doing deeper processing. Phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick updates, coaching-style support, or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to maintain momentum between sessions.
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Experience
14+ years
Licensed in
Texas
Languages
English, Spanish