Liliana Cruz, LPC
Practical support for stress, trauma, and self-worth
Details
| Name | Liliana Cruz |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPC |
| Based in | Virginia |
| Licensed in | Virginia |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 7 |
About Liliana
Liliana Cruz is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Virginia with seven years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people face stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, and self-esteem concerns. Liliana aims to offer clear feedback and practical steps so clients can feel more steady and able to make decisions.
Her work is grounded in Narrative Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, cognitive behavioral approaches, and dialectical behavior ideas.
Background and approach
She uses these methods to help people name difficult stories, notice patterns, and try small changes that make daily life easier. Sessions tend to focus on real problems and doable tools rather than abstract theory. Clients can expect a calm, nonjudgmental space where a person’s experiences are heard.
Liliana pays attention to how past experiences and relationships shape current behavior and feelings. She helps people rewrite unhelpful narratives and practice new ways of coping. She also addresses specific concerns such as abandonment, attachment-related issues, blended family challenges, caregiving stress, body image, and codependency.
Liliana works with issues connected to aging, adoption and foster care, and recovery from disasters in practical, step-by-step ways. Sessions are offered in English and are designed to fit a client’s daily life. Liliana focuses on collaboration, helping clients set clear goals and choose techniques that fit their values and routines.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Family conflicts, Trauma and abuse among the things Liliana works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Liliana among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Liliana among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Liliana among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Liliana among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Liliana among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Liliana among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Liliana among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Liliana among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Liliana among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Liliana 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 Liliana directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and behavioral approaches work online
Many of her methods translate well to online work. Narrative Therapy helps clients notice the stories they tell about themselves and try new, more helpful narratives. This can be done by talking through events, naming patterns, and practicing new ways of describing problems. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking small, meaningful actions even when feelings are hard; it uses short exercises and values-based homework that suit remote sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers concrete skills to change those patterns, often with worksheets and brief behavioral experiments that work over video or messaging.Finding the right mix of approaches is a joint effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and daily routines, and then suggest techniques to try. Over the first few sessions the plan is adjusted based on what helps most, so clients play an active role in choosing what feels useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and exercises, phone can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports brief reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other busy schedules while using approaches that focus on practical change.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem struggles. Additional focus areas include attachment issues, abandonment, body image, caregiving stress, and blended family challenges.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and person-centered. She uses narrative techniques and practical exercises to help clients change unhelpful stories and try new behaviors.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years of experience working with adults on a range of concerns including trauma, mood issues, and relationship-related stress.
What credentials and location apply to her practice?
She holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential - LPC - in Virginia and practices there.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
She meets with clients via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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