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Sessions can run fully in Spanish, fully in English, or however feels right." } } ] } ] --- [The Art of _Healing_ the Soul Maria Teresa Valencia, MA, LPC ](/) [About](/about) Services Areas [Laredo](/therapist-laredo-tx)[Rates](/rates-insurance)[FAQ](/faqs)[Contact](/contact) [EN](/)[ES](/es) Español [Request a consultation](/contact) ![A quiet living room with a vase of flowers by a sunlit curtained window](/heroes/anxiety.webp) [Home](/)/ [Services](/services)/ Anxiety Counseling for anxiety # When worry stops being _useful_ and starts running the day. Warm, bilingual counseling for women whose anxiety has stopped protecting them and started running the show. - CBT-informed, gently used - Bilingual · EN/ES - Telehealth across Texas [Request a free 15-min consultation→ ](/contact)[Read the FAQs](/faqs) Anxiety is not a personality flaw. For most of the women I work with, it started as something helpful — a way of scanning ahead, of catching problems before they became bigger ones, of protecting people you love. The trouble is what happens when the scanning never turns off. You know the signs by now. The mind that will not settle at night. The knot behind the ribs before the phone even rings. The list of small worries that stacks up until it feels like one enormous one. You may be sleeping less. You may be eating differently. You may be more irritable with the people you love the most, and then adding that to the pile of things to feel guilty about. ## Who this work is for Women who are functioning — often functioning very well — and are exhausted by what it costs. Women whose worry is tied up with caregiving, with a specific decision that keeps looping in the background, with a change in a relationship, with health, with money, with a past event that never got processed. [Teens](/teen-therapy-laredo) who are carrying more than a teenager should have to. You do not have to be in a full-blown panic to be a good fit for this work. Chronic, low-grade anxiety — the kind that quietly wears down your patience and your sleep — is worth taking seriously. ## What sessions look like Sessions are 60 minutes, in English or Spanish, by secure video anywhere in Texas or [in person in Laredo](/therapist-laredo-tx). Early sessions are mostly listening. I want to understand the shape of your worry — what it protects, when it turns on, what makes it worse, and what you have already tried. From there, the work usually threads together a few things. We look at the thoughts that keep looping and how they connect to feelings and to what you do next — that’s the [cognitive behavioral](/cognitive-behavioral-therapy) piece, used gently, in your own voice, not as a worksheet. We look at the body: breath, sleep, tension, the nervous-system side of anxiety that talking alone doesn’t always reach. We look at the relationships and roles that shape how safe or unsafe your daily life feels. And we make room for the parts of your story that anxiety has been standing on top of. ## Between sessions You will not leave a session with a stack of homework. Sometimes we agree on one small practice to try in the coming week — a few minutes of a particular kind of breathing, a specific boundary to test, a way of noticing when the worry starts to spin up. Everything is optional, everything is discussable, and everything is in service of what you already told me you need. ## How long this usually takes Some women feel meaningful relief within a handful of sessions, particularly when the anxiety is tied to one identifiable stressor. Others do longer, quieter work, especially when the anxiety is old. There is no right pace. Every few weeks we check in about what is helping and what isn’t. ## What we won’t do I won’t promise to make your worry disappear — anyone who does is selling something. I won’t tell you that you should have been in therapy years ago. And I won’t force you to talk about something you’re not ready to talk about, in either language. > You are not broken. You have been running a life on reserves you never got permission to refill. Not sure if this is the right fit? That’s what the free call is for. [Talk about anxiety in the free call→ ](/contact) ## Questions people ask ### Do I need a diagnosis to start? No. You don't need a label, and you don't need to arrive with an explanation for why worry has been running the show. We start with your experience. ### Will you push CBT on me? I draw on cognitive behavioral therapy when it fits — it can be genuinely useful for anxiety — but I don't hand out worksheets before I know your story. The pace and the tools are yours. ### Is this available in Spanish? Sí. Anxiety often speaks in the language you grew up in, and translating it to a therapist can be exhausting. Sessions can run fully in Spanish, fully in English, or however feels right. At a glance Duration 60 minutes Format Video · Laredo Language Spanish or English Rate $180 · self-pay [Free 15-minute consultation →](/contact) Good to know: Licensed in Texas. I can only work with clients physically located in Texas. Related pages - [Therapy for depression](/therapy-for-depression) - [Burnout therapy](/burnout-therapy-texas) - [Cognitive behavioral therapy](/cognitive-behavioral-therapy) - [Therapy for women](/therapy-for-women) - [Rates & insurance](/rates-insurance) The next step is small ## Start with a _free 15-minute_ call. No forms, no pressure. Just a short conversation to see if we're a fit. [Request the consultation→ ](/contact)[Rates & insurance](/rates-insurance) In case of crisis · In a crisis or emergency, call or text [988](tel:988), or call [911](tel:911). The Art of _Healing_ the Soul Bilingual therapy for women across Texas. Licensed in Texas since 2009. 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