Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Rafaela
Rafaela DeSoto-Ray is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 25 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, anger, and major life changes. She also supports those coping with grief, trauma and abuse, relationship concerns, and challenges related to ADHD and bipolar conditions.
Rafaela keeps sessions practical and focused on small, usable steps. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and helps them build on strengths they already have.
Background and approach
The goal is to leave each session with at least one idea or skill to try between meetings. Her background includes work with developmental and behavioral disorders and with issues tied to head injury, dementia, and other neurological conditions. That experience informs how she adapts strategies to fit different needs and life stages.
She combines familiar therapeutic tools to suit each person rather than sticking to a single method. In session she draws from client-centered approaches, cognitive behavioral ideas, and solution-focused techniques. Those methods help address thinking patterns, immediate problems, and practical coping tools.
Rafaela is willing to try different strategies until a useful fit emerges. She offers care in English and provides online formats such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. To begin, people use the site process to match and schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
What Rafaela works with
Everything Rafaela lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Rafaela's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
Approaches Rafaela lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches you can use online
Rafaela uses client-centered work to follow what matters most to you, listening closely and building on your strengths to guide session goals. This approach helps when you want a supportive space to make sense of feelings and decisions.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behaviors. CBT helps with anxiety, depression, anger, and sleep problems by teaching practical techniques to shift unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors.
Solution-Focused Therapy is part of her toolbox too, emphasizing small, achievable steps and what already works in your life. That method is useful when you want quick, goal-directed strategies to manage stress or navigate a specific problem.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Rafaela will talk with you about goals and try methods that fit your needs and preferences. If something isn’t working, she will adjust techniques until a better fit is found.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls support face-to-face interaction, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging offer shorter check-ins and flexible communication between appointments. These options let people get help without long commutes and schedule care around work, caregiving, or other commitments.
Questions people ask about Rafaela
What concerns does Rafaela commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship struggles, ADHD, bipolar issues, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Sessions are practical and person-focused, emphasizing ideas and skills you can try between meetings. She adapts methods to meet each person's needs.
How much experience does she have?
Rafaela has 25 years of professional experience working with a range of behavioral, developmental, and neurological concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, licensed in Texas and practices from that region.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as session formats.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; 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 the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.