Dolores Ituarte Valenzuela, LPC

Dolores Ituarte Valenzuela is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with ten years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, trauma, low self-esteem, and depression. Dolores aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable and encouraging.

Her approach centers on building an open, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk about thoughts and feelings. Dolores uses clear, practical methods drawn from cognitive behavioral ideas and mindfulness to help people notice patterns and try new responses. She also draws on acceptance-based strategies to help people live by their values even when symptoms are strong.

Dolores pays attention to issues that often come up alongside mood and anxiety problems. These include relationship and attachment concerns, caregiver stress, chronic illness or pain, codependency, and life transitions such as divorce or separation. She listens for how these life factors affect daily functioning and choice-making.

Sessions are structured around the client’s goals. Dolores helps people set small, concrete steps and then reviews progress together. She places emphasis on practical skills you can use between sessions, such as mindfulness exercises and behavior experiments.

Her Texas license and decade of practice shape a straightforward, compassionate style. If you want a therapist who combines talk therapy with skill-building and values-focused work, Dolores offers a steady, approachable presence to help you move forward.

Approaches you can use online and how they help

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions that match those values even when feelings are difficult. It is often used for anxiety, low mood, and chronic stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life behavior changes; it is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and anger. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathetic listening and collaboration to help people feel heard and find their own solutions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dolores will discuss these methods with each client and decide together which fits the person’s goals and preferences. That shared planning may combine elements from different approaches and is adjusted as therapy progresses.

The practical benefits of online work include easier scheduling and fitting sessions into a busy week. Online therapy can reduce travel time and make it simpler to follow up between visits. The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Dolores uses her clinical approaches to guide online sessions when they are available, focusing on short exercises, skill practice, and values-based planning that can be done between meetings.