Raquel Lobaina, LPC

Raquel Lobaina is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who focuses on helping people facing relationship strain, trauma, stress, anxiety, anger, low self-esteem, and depression. She listens with respect and aims to make sessions straightforward and useful. Her manner is compassionate and practical for people looking to make real change.

Raquel uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques to help clients learn new ways of thinking and coping. She adapts conversations and plans to each person’s needs instead of using a one-size-fits-all approach. Sessions typically include identifying unhelpful thoughts, testing them in daily life, and developing step-by-step skills for managing strong emotions.

Her background includes a decade of counseling experience. That work has involved supporting people after traumatic experiences and during major life changes. She draws on approaches designed for trauma and relationship concerns while keeping goals focused and measurable.

Raquel offers services in English and Spanish from Texas. She works with common concerns such as communication problems, dissociation, post-traumatic stress, sexual assault and abuse, adoption and foster care issues, divorce and separation, and stress from disasters. She emphasizes collaboration and clear goals so clients know what each session will address.

She encourages a practical, paced path forward. Raquel helps people build skills they can use outside sessions and checks progress along the way. The aim is steady improvement in daily functioning and relationships.

How CBT-based care works online

Raquel uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT breaks problems into manageable parts, teaches practical coping skills, and uses small experiments to test new ways of reacting. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, anger, and many trauma-related difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Raquel will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. She adapts session pace and homework so the plan fits the client's life and progress is clear.

Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video sessions let therapists and clients use visual cues for skill practice. Phone sessions can be a good low-bandwidth option or a shorter check-in. Chat and messaging support ongoing contact and brief check-ins between meetings. These formats allow therapy to fit around school, work, and family commitments while keeping focus on practical change.