Dina Garza, LPC

Dina Garza is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who helps people cope with stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma, low self-esteem, and motivation challenges. She frames the first step into therapy as a courageous move and acknowledges the strengths each person brings to the work.

Dina works in a straightforward, supportive way. She treats clients as the experts in their own lives and focuses on practical steps that can reduce overwhelm. Sessions involve talking through current problems, identifying small changes, and building skills that can be used between meetings.

Her background includes eight years of professional counseling experience in Texas. That time has given her exposure to many common difficulties, from grief and addiction to challenges around intimacy, sleeping, and eating. She also addresses issues such as attachment wounds, chronic illness or pain, and codependency when those topics come up in therapy.

Dina uses several evidence-informed approaches to guide sessions. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, Trauma-Focused Therapy to attend to painful memories, and Solution-Focused Therapy to set achievable goals. Mindfulness practices and elements of the Gottman Method are used when they match a person’s needs.

Clients can expect a collaborative process that balances empathy with practical tools. Dina helps people name their priorities, set realistic steps, and notice progress along the way. She encourages questions and keeps plans flexible to fit each person’s life.

How Dina’s approaches translate to online work

Dina uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT often focuses on specific problems and practical skills, so it can fit well into brief online sessions or homework-style tasks that a person practices between meetings.

She also uses Trauma-Focused Therapy to help process painful past events in a careful way. Trauma-focused work online can allow steady pacing and repeated check-ins, helping the therapist and client decide when to slow down or try different strategies.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Dina will work with the client to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. That choice is collaborative and can change as progress is made.

The biography does not list which online formats are offered, so confirm available session types before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow shorter or more frequent check-ins when helpful. Licensed professionals can tailor session length and pace to match real-life schedules and the therapeutic goals being worked on.