Works with
How Dolores works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 7
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Dolores
Dolores Aguilar is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) in California with seven years of clinical experience. She offers straightforward, respectful care for people feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or burned out. Dolores focuses on practical skills you can use week to week to manage symptoms and move toward goals.
Her work often centers on stress, anxiety, depression, and anger, and she also helps with addictions, relationship concerns, and issues related to sexual orientation and gender.
Background and approach
She pays attention to how past trauma and family history can affect daily life and decision making. Dolores draws on a mix of evidence-based approaches to build useful coping tools and reduce distress. Dolores uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
She also incorporates Dialectical Behavior Therapy and mindfulness to teach emotion regulation and grounding techniques. Sessions focus on skill-building, motivation, and small practical steps that fit each persons life. Her style is warm and direct.
Dolores aims to tailor conversations and plans to each person's needs. She emphasizes strengths people already have and helps them build routines and strategies that make daily life easier. To get started a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules a time that works with Dolores availability.
She offers several online formats so people can choose what fits their schedule and comfort level.
What Dolores works with
Everything Dolores lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Dolores's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Dolores lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate well to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without letting them dictate actions, and it supports choices that match personal values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and mindfulness teach concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and staying present.The best approach often blends methods rather than relying on one label. Dolores works collaboratively to figure out which combination of ACT, CBT, DBT, and mindfulness fits a persons goals, preferences, and life demands. She adjusts pacing and techniques as progress is made so the plan stays useful and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when bandwidth is limited, live chat for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit sessions into work or caregiving schedules, allow shorter focused check-ins, and let people choose whether to be on camera during a visit.
Questions people ask about Dolores
What kinds of problems does she address?
Dolores helps with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, trauma, and related issues such as body image and caregiver stress.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is practical and skills-oriented, using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, CBT, DBT, and mindfulness to teach emotion regulation and behavior change.
What is her background and experience?
She holds a California LPCC credential and has seven years of professional experience working with a range of mood, stress, and trauma-related concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is licensed in California as an LPCC and provides services to people in that state.
Which languages does she use in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapists availability.