Claudia Carballal-Benaglio, LPC
Narrative-focused counselor blending talk and practical tools
Details
| Name | Claudia Carballal-Benaglio |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPC |
| Based in | Texas |
| Licensed in | Texas |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Years in practice | 3 |
About Claudia
Claudia Carballal-Benaglio is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Texas who blends narrative thinking with practical strategies. She speaks English and Spanish and uses straightforward conversation to help people sort through stress, anxiety, relationships, and major life changes. Her background includes work as an attorney and as a coach, which shapes her clear, problem-focused style.
Claudia often begins by listening to the story a person tells about their life and difficulties.
Background and approach
She uses Narrative Therapy to help people notice the patterns in that story and to try out alternative ways of understanding themselves. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors that can change feelings over time. Her sessions include skills you can use between meetings, like mindfulness practices and communication techniques.
Claudia draws on experience helping people navigate grief, addiction, trauma, intimacy issues, parenting stress, career worries, and mood concerns such as depression and bipolar challenges. She pays attention to attachment and abandonment themes when they show up in relationships. Claudia has three years of clinical counseling experience alongside a longer career as a life coach and attorney.
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish for people located in Texas. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and then schedules sessions based on the therapist's availability.
Therapy subscriptions can be canceled at any time and costs vary by location and timing.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Trauma and abuse among the things Claudia works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Claudia among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Claudia among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Claudia among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Claudia among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Claudia among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Claudia directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Claudia directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative thinking and practical therapy work online
Claudia uses Narrative Therapy to help people rethink the stories they tell about themselves. This approach looks at how past events and relationships have shaped a person's sense of self and opens up different ways to describe painful experiences.She also uses Attachment-Based ideas to notice how early bonds affect current relationships, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to find and test unhelpful thoughts. Attachment-focused work helps when trust, abandonment, or closeness problems show up. CBT provides clear strategies for changing thoughts and behaviors that keep distress alive.
Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to goals, preferences, and day-to-day needs, then suggest which methods to try first. Plans can be adjusted as therapy progresses so the work stays relevant and useful.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video helps with deeper conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and text allow short check-ins and written reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to match therapy to a busy life and to keep momentum between sessions.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns does Claudia work with?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, mood challenges such as bipolar, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, grief, and issues around intimacy and parenting.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Claudia combines Narrative Therapy with cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness. She listens to a person’s story, then helps test new thoughts and behaviors that can ease distress.
What is her clinical background?
She holds a Texas LPC credential and brings three years of clinical counseling experience plus a background as a life coach and former attorney.
Where is she located and licensed?
She is based in Texas and practices with a Texas LPC license.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Claudia provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does payment and getting started work?
Costs vary with location and timing and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.
Contacting this therapist
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