Liliana Cruz, LPC

Liliana Cruz is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Virginia with seven years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and family-related concerns. She aims to offer clear feedback and practical steps that people can use between sessions. Liliana uses a person-centered style and draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to shape treatment plans. Her work emphasizes collaboration. She helps people notice patterns in thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. Then she and the client test simple, realistic changes to see what helps in daily life. Sessions often focus on building coping skills and solving immediate problems while also addressing deeper issues like trauma and attachment struggles. Liliana pays attention to how past experiences such as abandonment, adoption and foster care, or blended family dynamics still affect day-to-day life. She also addresses issues like body image, codependency, communication problems, and caregiver stress. Her approach blends practical exercises with mindful awareness to help people feel more grounded. She describes the therapy space as warm and nonjudgmental. Clients work at their own pace to name goals and try new ways of responding to old stressors. The focus is on tools that fit a person’s life and values. Liliana works with people affected by trauma and abuse, and she helps those coping with co-morbid conditions and personality-related concerns. In sessions she balances short-term problem solving with strategies that support longer-term emotional growth.

How Liliana’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy

CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress because it gives concrete steps people can practice between sessions.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify values and take committed action even when difficult feelings are present. It can be helpful for those struggling with avoidance, low motivation, or ongoing worry.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and creating a nonjudgmental space so clients feel heard and understood. This approach supports people who need a calm setting to make sense of their experiences.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. Liliana collaborates with each person to decide which methods match their goals and day-to-day needs. She may blend techniques so the work fits how someone prefers to learn and change.

Online sessions offer flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people use visual cues for deeper conversational work, phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports brief or ongoing contact between sessions. These options help therapy fit around work, caregiving, or other responsibilities while keeping the focus on practical progress.