Ana Montenegro, LMFT

Ana Montenegro is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with ten years of counseling experience. She works with people facing anxiety, depression, career stress, parenting challenges, and relationship strain. She also helps with grief, self-esteem, ADHD concerns, and life transitions. Her work tends to follow cognitive behavioral ideas, focusing on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. She checks in regularly about the work itself and sometimes offers short exercises to practice between sessions. She explains how treatment will be structured and what the main focus will be, so people know what to expect. Ana draws on other approaches as needed, including solution-focused and psychodynamic ideas. This means she balances short-term goals with attention to deeper life patterns. She aims to meet each person where they are without rushing the process. She offers Christian counseling when clients want spiritual support as part of therapy. Her goal is to help people discover greater self-awareness and develop everyday strategies to change behaviors they find unhelpful. Ana values ongoing learning and keeps up with research and professional guidelines. She creates an inviting, nonjudgmental environment and invites clients to take an active role in treatment. Many clients come for practical change, and she works alongside them to set and reach realistic goals.

Online approaches that match your goals

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on how thoughts influence feelings and actions. It uses clear steps and practical exercises to help change patterns that fuel anxiety or low mood. Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change. It uses open conversation to strengthen motivation and plan next steps for things like career change or behavior goals.

Finding the right approach is something a therapist and client decide together. The therapist will ask about your goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. That conversation guides whether CBT, motivational interviewing, or other methods will be emphasized and how the work is paced.

Confirm the current session options before booking so you know what formats are available. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, shorten travel time, and allow brief check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also make it simpler to continue work between in-person visits and to practice skills in everyday settings. Licensed professionals tailor the approach and format to your needs so sessions are practical and focused on progress.