Graciela Martinez-Vela , LPC

Graciela Martinez-Vela is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas who uses trauma-informed and strengths-based methods to help people find more balance. She focuses on stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression. Graciela speaks English and Spanish and draws on 14 years of clinical experience to guide her work.

Graciela begins by listening and gathering a clear picture of a person’s life and concerns. She uses a biopsychosocial assessment to understand background, stressors, and supports. That helps her build a treatment plan tailored to daily life and real goals.

Her style is collaborative. She combines evidence-based techniques with practical skills people can use between sessions. Sessions may include learning coping skills, practicing new ways to handle triggers, and talking through painful memories at a pace that feels manageable.

She also helps people who are dealing with attachment or communication problems, control issues, grief, guilt and shame, and questions about life purpose. Graciela has experience supporting people with panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, traumatic brain injury, and substance use concerns.

Graciela includes case management and care coordination when needed, connecting people with community resources and other providers. She brings personal lived experience into her work in ways that aim to strengthen rapport and cultural understanding. Her goal is to help people move forward with clearer direction and more practical tools.

How evidence-based approaches fit into online care

Graciela integrates clear, evidence-based techniques into her online work to help people manage symptoms and build skills. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and replacing them with more helpful alternatives; it is often used for anxiety, depression, panic, and stress. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative, goal-oriented method that helps people find their own reasons to change, which can be useful with substance use and readiness for other changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Graciela works together with each person to choose methods that match goals, values, and day-to-day demands. That may mean trying a short course of skills training, pairing motivation work with coping strategies, or adjusting pacing to match what feels manageable.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls let people meet face-to-face for deeper conversation, phone sessions require less bandwidth, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into work, family, or school schedules while keeping consistency and progress.