Hi! I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas. I have earned my Masters degree from University of Houston-Clear Lake and have over 16 years of experience working with children, teens, and adults. Most clients I work with seek therapy to work on anxiety, depression, stressors, and life transitions. I use a variety of therapeutic approaches including Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy. My goal is to help clients process difficulties, learn effective coping skills, and heal in order to improve their emotional health and well-being.

What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?

Beginning therapy can certainly be intimidating for anyone. Providing a safe, non judgmental space so my clients can feel at ease and comfortable is of utmost importance to me. I always ask clients to view the first session as a friendly chat where I am getting to hear a bit of their story, learn more about them and what brings them to therapy. I’ll review the information the client provides me and develop an individualized treatment plan where I set goals tailored to their specific needs. During the next session, I present this to the client and we review it together. Therapy is very much a collaborative effort where I take the client’s input to guide their sessions as they are the expert on themselves.

Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.

Doing this work for as long as I have, I’d like to think a strength I practice is being able to meet people in the emotional space in which they need me. I will never force a client to talk about something if they don’t want to or are not ready to just because they noted it on intake paperwork. If a client brings a difficult subject up during one session but they do not want to discuss it during the next session, that’s okay too. We can focus on something else. I genuinely listen to my clients, I pay attention to their needs and focus my energy on helping them meet their goals.

About Karla Solis-Auces