Adriane Villanueva, LPC

Adriane Villanueva is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, anger, and struggles with self-esteem. She focuses on practical skills people can use right away. She offers steady support while people take small steps toward change.

Adriane emphasizes that each person knows their own story best. She listens for strengths and builds on what already works. Sessions are collaborative and paced to fit what someone can manage that week.

Her approach draws from cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and from client-centered methods that prioritize the person’s goals. She also uses motivational interviewing to help people find reasons to change and narrative and psychodynamic ideas to look at life themes and relationships.

With six years of clinical experience, Adriane has worked with people coping with major life transitions, panic and mood concerns, and feelings of shame or isolation. She helps clients address communication and control issues, divorce and separation stress, caregiver strain, and problems tied to attachment or abandonment.

Adriane practices as an LPC in New Jersey and sees people in English. She supports practical, step-by-step work such as managing panic attacks, handling anger, and improving confidence. Her style is warm, direct, and goal-oriented, with attention to each person’s pace and values.

How Adriane blends approaches for online care

Adriane uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change thoughts and behaviors that feed anxiety or low mood. CBT sessions often include clear, practical exercises such as identifying thought patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce panic and stress.

She also draws on client-centered therapy, which emphasizes listening and building on a person’s strengths. This approach helps people feel heard while they set goals and try new coping strategies. Motivational Interviewing is another tool she uses to support readiness for change by exploring personal reasons and barriers.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Adriane will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which methods to prioritize and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different needs. Video lets someone practice new skills face-to-face, phone can be a lower-bandwidth option, live chat supports quick check-ins, and messaging is useful for brief updates or homework between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and different routines.