- Client-centered
- Practical skills
- Texas LPC
About Rafaela
Rafaela DeSoto-Ray is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 25 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. She also supports people coping with trauma, grief, intimacy concerns, and challenges related to attention and mood.
Rafaela works with a wide range of concerns, including sleeping problems, anger, and bipolar symptoms. She brings experience with developmental and behavioral disorders, head trauma, dementia, and other neurological conditions. Her background gives her tools to address both everyday worries and complex medical-related issues.
Her approach is flexible rather than one-size-fits-all. She draws from client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and solution-focused techniques to match what a person needs. Sessions tend to focus on practical skills and small changes that are useful between appointments.
Rafaela emphasizes that the person is the expert on their story. She looks for strengths to build on and works alongside people to test new strategies. The goal is to leave each session with at least one idea or skill to try at home.
She encourages anyone who feels ready to take a step forward to begin the process. The first step is often the hardest, and she aims to make scheduling and starting straightforward.
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and treating the person as the expert in their own life. In online sessions this often means space to tell your story, reflect, and decide what changes matter most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns; it can help with anxiety, depression, sleep, and anger. Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes clear, short-term goals and practical steps to reach them, often producing small wins to build on.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Rafaela will talk with clients about goals and preferences, try techniques, and adjust based on what helps. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to individual needs rather than imposing a single method.
Confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people use quieter surroundings or simpler connections when that suits them. The focus is on making therapy practical and workable within everyday life.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
25+ years
Credentials
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems can Rafaela help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, coping with life changes, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleeping difficulties, anger, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and relationship challenges.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is flexible and practical. She uses client-centered, cognitive behavioral, and solution-focused approaches to find techniques that match each person's needs.
How much experience does she have?
She has 25 years of professional work experience supporting people with a broad range of emotional and neurological concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Texas and works from that state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.