Marcela Mota Aversa, LMHC

Marcela Mota Aversa is a licensed mental health counselor with two decades of experience. She speaks English and Spanish and aims to make therapy straightforward and approachable for people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or burned out.

Marcela values a cooperative style. She treats the person in the room as the expert on their life and helps them name goals and try practical steps. Sessions are conversational and focused on what matters most to the client rather than long lectures or jargon.

Her background includes many years supporting people through anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, sleep problems, and major life transitions. She also helps with body image, caregiver stress, immigration-related concerns, and career or purpose questions. Her work has included attention to substance use and recovery informed by long personal recovery experience.

Marcela draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy alongside client-centered and mindfulness-based methods. She blends skills practice with values-based choices and emotional regulation tools so clients can try new behaviors between sessions.

She offers online formats including video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging to make scheduling easier. People considering therapy can expect a calm, steady presence and practical next steps tailored to their situation.

How evidence-based approaches work online

Marcela uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as main tools in her online work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, or address mood. ACT helps people clarify what matters to them and take actions that align with those values even when emotions are difficult.

She also brings a client-centered, mindfulness-infused stance that keeps the process collaborative. Finding the right approach is part of the work together - the therapist and client review what helps, try methods for a few sessions, and adjust based on the client's goals and preferences.

Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care fit everyday life. Video is useful for in-depth work and skills practice, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a brief check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into commutes, work breaks, and busy family schedules.