About Adan
Adan Montalvo is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas who helps people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and life changes. He works with clients coping with depression, relationship strain, addiction, grief, and career frustrations. His tone is warm and direct and he focuses on practical steps that can fit into daily life.
He brings 12 years of experience as a psychotherapist. Sessions focus on clear goals and doable strategies. Conversations are meant to be collaborative and respectful, not full of clinical labels.
Background and approach
Adan often uses cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. He pairs that with solution-focused techniques to map small changes that make a quick difference. Narrative therapy also appears in his work to help people reframe painful experiences and rebuild a sense of self.
In sessions he aims to tailor the plan to each person. Expect an interactive, empathetic style that balances listening with concrete tools. He emphasizes building skills for managing mood, improving communication, and handling triggers.
Adan supports people dealing with parenting stress, attachment and abandonment concerns, body image, substance issues, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. He also addresses blended family dynamics, divorce and separation, and intimacy-related challenges. The work moves at a pace that fits each client.
Approaches that guide online work
Adan commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy when working online. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns and try practical behavior changes to reduce anxiety and depression. Solution-Focused Therapy focuses on small, achievable steps and uses those wins to build momentum toward larger goals.Finding the right approach is part of the work. He will talk with each client about goals and preferences, and then together they choose methods that feel like a good fit. That collaborative decision is revisited as needs change so treatment stays useful and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well when visual cues help the conversation. Phone sessions can be a good choice when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text are helpful for brief check-ins, homework support, or when shorter interactions fit a busy day. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around life and work commitments.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English