Amaranta Penate-Marty

Hopeful, practical support for lasting change

LPC Texas

Experience: 11 years in practice
Focus areas: Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Grief
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Languages: English, Spanish

About Amaranta

Amaranta Penate-Marty is a bilingual licensed professional counselor who draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people reframe unhelpful thinking patterns and reduce distress.

Background and approach

She combines task-focused skills with a compassionate, client-centered stance developed over 11 years of practice, guiding clients through concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, stress, and compassion fatigue. Her work emphasizes practical strategies that affect emotions and behaviors while honoring each person’s cultural background and personal story.

Working in Texas and fluent in English and Spanish, she integrates additional approaches like Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Narrative Therapy when they fit a client’s needs. This flexibility supports clients facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, identity questions including LGBT concerns, career transitions, and a wide range of attachment, loss, and life-change issues.

She views counseling as a collaborative commitment to growth rather than a label for illness and aims to provide steady acceptance alongside evidence-informed techniques. Amaranta also has experience addressing complex areas such as adoption and foster care dynamics, domestic violence, caregiving stress, and body image concerns.

Prospective clients can expect a tailored, respectful process that prioritizes their goals and cultural context while using practical tools to foster healthier patterns of thinking and behaving.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Amaranta commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors, which can be practiced in-session and applied between meetings to manage anxiety, depression, and stress. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, useful for people navigating strong emotions or relationship challenges.

Choosing the right approach is part of the collaborative work she does with clients. Early sessions focus on understanding each person’s goals, preferences, and practical needs so that therapeutic methods are selected or adapted together rather than imposed unilaterally. This helps ensure interventions fit the client’s life and values.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility for the kinds of skill-building and reflective work she uses. Clients can meet by video or phone for real-time conversations, or use live chat and text-based messaging for shorter check-ins, homework review, or skills practice between sessions. This range of formats supports continuity of care and makes scheduling more accessible for people balancing work, caregiving, or geographic constraints.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Amaranta address?

She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, coping with life changes, relationship and family issues, parenting, anger, self esteem, career and compassion fatigue among other areas.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with elements of DBT, mindfulness, narrative, and solution-focused techniques to offer practical skills and reflective exploration.

What is her professional background and experience?

She has 11 years of clinical experience working with mood, trauma, grief, and relational concerns and adapts interventions to individual client needs.

Where is she licensed and what are her credentials?

She holds the LPC credential and is licensed in Texas under TX LPC 73435.

Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?

Yes, sessions are available in English and Spanish, and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available for working with her?

Clients may meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference and availability.

How is cost handled for sessions with this therapist?

Pricing varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What are the first steps to begin therapy with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a time based on the therapist’s availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety Trauma and abuse Grief Depression Coping with life changes

Also works with

LGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCD Panic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

11+ years

Licensed

Texas

Languages

English, Spanish