Rafaela DeSoto-Ray, LPC

Rafaela DeSoto-Ray is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with 25 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strains, and the challenges that come with major life changes. Her style is straightforward and practical, focused on giving useful ideas and skills that can be tried between sessions.

She also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, attention differences such as ADHD, mood concerns including bipolar, sleep problems, anger, and intimacy-related issues. Rafaela has worked with developmental and behavioral disorders, head trauma, dementia, and other neurological conditions over the course of her career. She values clear, doable steps that fit into everyday life.

Rafaela describes her approach as flexible and client-centered. She listens first, then tailors techniques to each person's needs. Common methods she uses include Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy to help people identify practical changes and shift unhelpful patterns.

Sessions aim to build on each person's strengths and lived experience. Rafaela prioritizes small, actionable goals so clients can notice progress between appointments. She encourages people who are starting therapy to acknowledge the courage it takes to begin.

People in Texas who want to explore coping strategies, manage mood or anxiety, or work through life transitions can use the Start Therapy button to begin the intake steps and schedule according to availability.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's experience. It helps people feel understood and guides them to use their own strengths to make changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and uses simple experiments and exercises to shift unhelpful patterns. Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on concrete goals and small steps that move someone toward what they want to change.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist starts by hearing what matters most to the client and then suggests methods to try. Together they monitor what helps and adjust the plan as needed so the work stays practical and relevant to the client's life.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counseling into busy schedules, provide a quieter setting when not commuting, and allow shorter check-ins when a full commute would be difficult. Licensed professionals can use these tools to deliver the same techniques described above, while tailoring exercises and steps so clients can practice them between meetings.