- CBT techniques
- DBT skills
- Bilingual English Spanish
About Amaranta
Amaranta Penate-Marty is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 11 years of clinical experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, relationship and parenting concerns, and issues common in early adulthood such as career and identity questions. Amaranta offers services in English and Spanish and accepts international clients.
She uses approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness, narrative, and solution-focused work to guide sessions. Rather than relying on labels, she helps people notice how thoughts affect feelings and actions. Sessions often include practical exercises, skill-building, and talking through difficult experiences to reduce distress and improve daily functioning.
Amaranta has a background treating trauma, mood conditions, grief, and substance-related concerns. Her bicultural and bilingual experience informs how she understands clients who navigate North American and Hispanic cultural expectations. This perspective can help when cultural differences affect relationships or family communication.
In sessions she prioritizes clear goals and actionable steps. She combines thought-focused techniques with emotion regulation skills and brief narrative work to shift unhelpful patterns. Clients can expect straightforward feedback, homework when helpful, and attention to how cultural context shapes problems and solutions.
She frames counseling as work for people who want change. The first meetings typically clarify goals, identify patterns that keep problems going, and set small steps to practice between sessions. Amaranta invites clients to test different tools and keep what helps.
Using CBT, DBT, and Mindfulness online
Amaranta uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and test unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going. CBT is often practical and goal oriented, useful for anxiety, depression, and work or study stress.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. DBT tools are helpful when strong emotions or conflict make daily life hard. Mindfulness therapy is used to build present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity, which supports both mood regulation and stress reduction.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Amaranta will work with each person to identify goals, try different techniques, and adjust methods based on what helps. Clients and therapist decide together which mix of CBT, DBT, mindfulness, narrative, or solution-focused work fits best.
Confirm current session options before booking so you know how sessions are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a school or work schedule, avoid travel time, or have a shorter check-in when needed. It also allows bilingual sessions in English or Spanish and makes it possible to work with her from different locations, subject to scheduling and time zone coordination.
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Experience
11+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English, Spanish
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, relationship and parenting concerns, and career or identity questions common in young adulthood.
What is her general approach in sessions?
She combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness, narrative, and solution-focused methods to teach skills and change unhelpful thinking and behavior.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 11 years of experience working with mood conditions, trauma, grief, and related concerns.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas.
Can I work with her if I don’t speak English?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Does she see clients outside the United States?
She accepts international clients; confirm scheduling and time zone details when you arrange sessions.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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