Amaranta Penate-Marty, LPC

Amaranta Penate-Marty is a bilingual licensed professional counselor who approaches therapy as a calling. She speaks English and Spanish and helps people who are coping with anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and major life changes including midlife transitions.

She emphasizes how thoughts shape feelings and actions. In sessions she helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and learn new ways of responding. That practical focus is paired with steady acceptance and respect for each person’s cultural background.

With 11 years of experience as an LPC in Texas, Amaranta has worked with trauma, mood concerns, grief, and substance-related issues. She also supports people facing relationship strain, career shifts, parenting stress, and compassion fatigue. Her work includes attention to adoption and foster care questions, attachment issues, aging and caregiver stress, and other life stressors.

Her approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Mindfulness, Narrative, and Solution-Focused methods. Amaranta adapts techniques to match what each person needs rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan. Sessions focus on concrete skills, mindful awareness, and practical steps toward change.

She frames counseling as a place to learn and practice new habits, not a label for being sick. People who want to rethink patterns, manage strong emotions, or navigate big transitions may find her style straightforward and supportive.

Approaches that translate well to online work

Amaranta frequently uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy in ways that fit remote sessions. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which works well with short exercises and homework between meetings. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and ease anxiety, and these practices are easy to learn in an online conversation.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels manageable, then try techniques that fit those needs. That collaborative process helps decide when to emphasize skills, mindfulness, narrative work, or solution-focused steps.

If you are considering online therapy, check the available session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. Many people find the convenience helps them practice new habits more consistently.