Hannah Padilla, LPC

Hannah Padilla is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas. She favors client-centered work and often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people manage anxiety, grief, stress, and relationship challenges. Hannah writes in a warm, direct way and aims to create a respectful space for people to talk through difficult feelings.

Hannah completed a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at Texas A&M International University and a Master of Forensic Psychology at the University of Houston. She has about four years of experience working with adolescent and adult clients on emotional regulation, life-management skills, and interpersonal challenges. Much of her practice has focused on trauma and its effects on daily functioning.

In sessions she listens with empathy and also offers gentle challenge when it serves goals. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside client-centered methods, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused techniques. The aim is to help people identify unhelpful thoughts, try new behavior patterns, and build practical skills for day-to-day life.

Hannah has experience supporting people after sexual abuse, physical abuse, domestic violence, and neglect, as well as those coping with depression, PTSD, self-esteem issues, anger, and parenting stress. She also addresses concerns like attachment issues, infidelity, codependency, and jealousy. Her work focuses on skill building so trauma and distress interfere less with everyday life.

Early sessions focus on clear goals and a practical plan. Hannah partners with each person to make a step-by-step map toward those goals. She aims for steady progress through straightforward tools, short-term strategies, and ongoing support tailored to each client.

How Hannah’s approaches translate to online work

Hannah commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and meeting each person where they are, helping people feel heard and understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors.

She also uses Mindfulness Therapy to help people notice thoughts and bodily reactions with less judgement, which can reduce reactivity and increase coping. These approaches tend to fit concerns like anxiety, stress, trauma reactions, relationship problems, and issues such as jealousy because they offer both emotional support and practical tools.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust as needed. Clients help shape the plan so therapy fits their needs and preferences.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also lets people use visual or audio-only formats depending on comfort and bandwidth, so sessions can bend around everyday life rather than the other way around.