Rafaela DeSoto-Ray, LPC

Rafaela DeSoto-Ray is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 25 years of experience. She works with adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship problems, and other life changes. She also supports people facing trauma, grief, sleep difficulties, parenting strains, and mood concerns such as bipolar disorder.

Rafaela uses a mix of approaches rather than one fixed method. She draws on Client-Centered Therapy to listen and help people build on their own strengths. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. She also applies Solution-Focused Therapy to create practical steps toward immediate goals.

In sessions she aims to offer at least one usable idea or skill each week. That might mean practicing a different way to respond to anger, testing a small behavior change, or trying a new communication technique. Her work includes attention to developmental and behavioral disorders, head trauma, dementia, and related neurological conditions when these affect daily life.

She approaches therapy as a collaboration. Rafaela treats clients as the experts on their own lives and looks for practical ways to reduce distress. She is willing to try different techniques until something helps the person make a small, measurable change outside the session.

Rafaela practices in Texas and holds the LPC credential. Sessions are conducted in English. If you want to begin, the process starts by completing a brief matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session.

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