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Una Howard

Una Howard, LPC

Texas

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Licensed Professional Counselor - relationships and stress

  • Stress and anxiety
  • Relationship concerns
  • Blended family issues

About Una

Una Howard is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with five years of clinical experience. She works with adults dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and LGBT matters. She also notes experience with blended family issues and related challenges that touch parenting and household change.

Her approach is conversational and practical. Sessions focus on clear goals and step-by-step problem solving. She adapts how she talks and plans treatment to fit each person’s situation and preferences.

Una helps people sort through relationship problems and communication issues. She also addresses loss, motivation, and confidence struggles. For people navigating blended household transitions, she offers support on loyalty conflicts, changing routines, and co-parenting tension.

She values respect and sensitivity in sessions and works to create straightforward plans people can follow between meetings. Typical work may involve identifying patterns, trying new behaviors, and tracking small changes over time.

Clients can expect direct conversation about what is and isn’t working, with practical tools to try outside sessions. If someone wants to begin, the next step is to confirm the current session options and schedule an initial appointment through the site's matching process.

How therapeutic methods translate to online sessions

Una uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new, clearer ways of thinking to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. This helps people notice patterns and try small experiments in real life to see what shifts.

Another approach centers on improving communication and behavior patterns in relationships. It breaks down interactions into specific moments, teaches alternative responses, and practices those responses in role-play or between-session tasks to improve day-to-day interactions at home.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose approaches that fit their goals, needs, and preferences rather than imposing a single method. That means reviewing progress and adjusting techniques as needed.

Confirm the available session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, shorten commutes, and allow check-ins that work around work or household schedules. Phone sessions may be simpler when internet bandwidth is limited and video can support role-play and visual cues when it helps the work.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Also works with

LGBTFamily conflicts

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAvoidant personalityBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationDomestic violenceFamily problemsFertility issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHearing impairedImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual dysfunctionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Experience

5+ years

Listed in

Texas

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, low self-esteem, depression, LGBT matters, and related topics such as blended family issues and communication problems.

How would sessions feel in terms of style?

Sessions are conversational and practical, focusing on clear goals and step-by-step problem solving rather than long theoretical discussion.

What level of experience does she bring?

She has five years of professional work experience as a counselor in clinical settings and private practice in Texas.

What credential does she hold and where is she based?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Texas and practices from within that state.

In which language are sessions offered?

Sessions are offered in English only.

Does she work with international clients?

International clients are not currently accepted; services are provided to people based in the therapist's jurisdiction.

How does payment work and what does it cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time; specific rates are provided during the sign-up flow.

What are the steps to begin therapy?

Click the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the site.

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.

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