Orlando Gonzalez , LPC

Orlando Gonzalez is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with 14 years of experience helping individuals, couples, and families navigate a wide range of life challenges. He works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, anger, parenting and child behavior issues, and mood-related conditions including bipolar disorder and ADHD. He also supports clients through career transitions, midlife questions, isolation or loneliness, and struggles with self-esteem and life purpose.

Orlando has substantial experience with couples and family work, addressing communication difficulties, boundary setting, infidelity, separation, co-parenting, and midlife transitions. He has worked with parents and children involved with child protective services and is familiar with those processes. His background includes conducting home studies for temporary placement and adoption and helping parents manage defiant youth diagnosed with conditions such as oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, and ADHD.

His counseling style is professional, respectful, and client-centered. He integrates cognitive-behavioral and solution-focused techniques along with humanistic and multi-systemic perspectives to tailor care to each person or family. Orlando collaborates with clients to set goals and focuses on topics the client chooses to address, offering guidance and practical strategies along the way. He provides services in both English and Spanish and applies a flexible approach to meet diverse needs.

Orlando Gonzalez is licensed in Texas as an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor. He is not currently accepting new clients.

Approaches That Guide Online Therapy

Orlando draws on Client-Centered Therapy to create a supportive environment where the client’s perspective guides the work - this approach emphasizes empathy and respect and helps people clarify their values and goals. He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and to develop practical skills for managing anxiety, depression, anger, and stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) is included when relationships are the primary focus; EFT helps partners and family members understand emotional responses and build stronger attachment and communication patterns.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Orlando works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and he adapts the plan as progress unfolds so the work stays relevant and effective.

Online therapy with Orlando is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different schedules and communication styles. These options make therapy more accessible and flexible for people balancing work, family, or geographic constraints, while allowing therapists and licensed professionals to focus on practical strategies and meaningful change.