- ACT methods
- CBT skills
- Mindfulness practice
About Liliana
Liliana Cruz is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) practicing in Virginia with seven years of experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and reactions to trauma and abuse. She also addresses self-esteem and family concerns, including blended family issues.
Liliana uses straightforward, practical methods in sessions. She listens first, then helps people notice patterns that keep problems going. She explains tools from cognitive-behavioral therapy and other approaches in simple terms and practices skills together in session.
Her background includes working with people facing abandonment, attachment struggles, caregiving stress, and relationship communication problems. Liliana also supports those dealing with adoption and foster care histories, aging and geriatric concerns, codependency, and difficulties with commitment or control.
Sessions weave in mindfulness skills to reduce reactivity and acceptance-based strategies to clarify values and next steps. Dialectical behavior therapy strategies are used when people need concrete emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills. Motivational interviewing helps when someone is unsure about change and wants to explore options.
People who seek Liliana’s help often want clear steps and practices they can try between appointments. She frames work as practical problem-solving, not theory. If you are managing blended household stress, co-parenting tension, or personal recovery after trauma, she helps break issues into manageable pieces and practices new ways to respond.
How her approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, values-based steps. It’s useful for stress, anxiety, and situations that involve complex choices like blended household decisions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and communication patterns that cause repeated conflict.
Mindfulness Therapy adds attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and make clearer choices in heated family moments. These practices are short and can be used between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Liliana will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels realistic. Together they try methods and adjust the plan based on what helps most in day-to-day life.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online care can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Licensed professionals can offer work-focused sessions that include skill practice, homework, and progress reviews to fit a blended household schedule.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Virginia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address related to blended households?
She lists stress, family issues, and blended family issues among her focus areas and helps people work through stepfamily transitions and co-parenting stress.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses a practical, person-centered approach that includes cognitive-behavioral techniques and mindfulness. Sessions focus on skills and problem-solving.
How much experience does she have?
She has seven years of clinical experience working with concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma, and family stress.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - practicing in Virginia.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.