Enrique Villarreal
Purpose-driven CBT for career and life change
LPC Colorado
- Experience
- 10 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Self esteem, Career
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing
- Languages
- English
About Enrique
Enrique Villarreal blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with solution-focused techniques to help clients reshape unhelpful thinking and build practical steps toward clearer goals.
Background and approach
He brings a career-informed perspective to counseling, drawing on personal experience leaving a decade-long design career and on training in counseling and career development from Colorado State University. Enrique emphasizes reducing stress and anxiety while strengthening self-confidence and purpose, especially for those navigating career transitions and life redesign.
He has worked as a counselor since 2016 and holds LPC licensure in Colorado. Enrique integrates elements of motivational interviewing and narrative therapy when useful, inviting clients to examine the stories they tell about themselves and to identify new directions.
His practice focuses on concerns such as stress, anxiety, self-esteem, career issues, coping with life changes, addictions, grief, anger, depression, and compassion fatigue, along with related themes like life purpose, guilt and shame, and workplace challenges.
Enrique aims to help people move beyond doubts and burnout toward greater fulfillment in work and personal life by combining evidence-informed tools with collaborative goal setting and practical skill building.
Approach-driven online care for work and life change
Enrique draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and improve day-to-day functioning. He also uses Motivational Interviewing to support clients who are weighing change or facing ambivalence, helping them find internal motivation and take practical steps toward goals.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Enrique works collaboratively to tailor methods to each person’s needs. He listens to clients' goals and preferences, then combines techniques from CBT, solution-focused work, and narrative elements as appropriate so the plan fits the client rather than forcing a single method.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and accessibility for busy schedules and varied comfort levels. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care during career transitions, relocations, or life changes while allowing clients to engage in ways that work best for them.
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Experience
10+ years
Licensed
Colorado
Languages
English