Maricruz Valdez
Compassionate counselor guiding meaningful change
LPC Texas
- Experience
- 10 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English, Spanish
About Maricruz
Maricruz Valdez is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with a decade of clinical experience. She blends cognitive behavioral techniques with client-centered and existential perspectives to help people clarify values, shift unhelpful thinking, and build practical coping strategies.
Background and approach
Her work has included individual and group settings across a wide age range, and she emphasizes respectful, tailored care that meets each person where they are. Maricruz approaches therapy with a focus on hope, perseverance, and personal meaning.
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and family concerns, parenting challenges, anger, self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. Additional areas of focus include attachment and abandonment issues, body image, communication and control problems, infidelity and jealousy, midlife questions, financial stress, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms.
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish to increase accessibility for bilingual clients. Maricruz communicates a pragmatic yet empathetic style, adapting methods to match individual goals and life circumstances.
She encourages clients to explore purpose, develop coping skills, and take steady steps toward improved wellbeing while honoring each person’s unique story.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Maricruz often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. This approach is practical for anxiety, mood concerns, obsessive-compulsive patterns, and stress-related problems. She also integrates Client-Centered Therapy, emphasizing empathetic listening, validation, and partnership so clients feel understood and empowered to explore values and goals. These methods together support both skills-building and deeper personal reflection.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Maricruz works with clients to assess needs, preferences, and goals, adjusting techniques over time so the plan fits the person rather than the other way around. Clients participate in shaping the focus of therapy and deciding which strategies are most useful for their situation.
Online formats like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to access licensed professionals from different locations within Texas. These options provide flexibility in how and when people connect, allowing consistent progress while accommodating varying schedules and communication styles.
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Experience
10+ years
Licensed
Texas
Languages
English, Spanish