Carmen Torres

Carmen Torres is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with ten years of experience supporting people through major life challenges. She practices in Texas and draws on a background that centers cultural awareness and LGBTQ+ affirming care. Carmen aims to make therapy clear and practical for people who feel stuck or overwhelmed.

She focuses on everyday problems such as anxiety, depression, stress, and changes at work or home. She also helps people dealing with relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, grief, trauma and abuse, and issues around self-esteem and body image. Carmen pays attention to how cultural background and identity shape the problems someone brings to therapy.

In sessions she uses straightforward tools to help clients notice what matters to them, shift unhelpful thinking, and try small behavior changes. She draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered methods among other approaches. Conversations move at a practical pace and focus on what a person can do between sessions.

Carmen also works with people facing challenges like ADHD, abandonment or attachment issues, codependency, and blended family stress. She supports parents, caregivers, and people navigating separation or divorce to find clearer next steps. Therapy includes skill-building for communication, emotion regulation, and problem solving.

Sessions are offered in English and Spanish. To begin, she asks new clients to complete a short questionnaire and then schedules sessions based on availability.

How Carmen’s approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what they value and take small steps toward those values even when emotions are strong. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers concrete tools to identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a nonjudgmental, empathetic listening stance that helps people feel heard and make their own choices about change.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Carmen will work together with each person to decide which methods match their goals and preferences. That collaboration means approaches can be adjusted as progress and needs become clearer.

Confirm current session options before booking since formats were not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing commutes and allowing quicker check-ins during a work break or after school. It also lets people continue work with a licensed professional from a location that suits their daily routine while using the therapist's chosen methods to address anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma, or parenting stress.