About Audra
Audra Benavidez is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with three years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, and worries about parenting and self-esteem. Audra seeks to create a calm, steady place where clients can talk through what feels hard and start small changes.
She approaches sessions with the idea that each person knows their story best. Audra highlights client strengths and works to build confidence and clearer goals.
Background and approach
Conversations are practical and down-to-earth, aimed at everyday improvements rather than technical jargon. Audra often helps people who struggle with motivation, impulsivity, or feelings of guilt and shame. She also supports those managing grief, life transitions, and finding a sense of purpose.
Social anxiety, avoidant patterns, and communication problems are other areas she addresses. Sessions tend to focus on developing coping skills, organizing next steps, and testing new behaviors between meetings. Audra encourages small experiments and steady practice to build self-trust and lessen overwhelm.
She frames setbacks as information rather than failure. People who prefer a collaborative, strengths-based approach usually do well with her style. Audra aims to empower clients so they leave sessions with clear, manageable steps.
She works in English and provides sessions to people located in Texas.
Evidence-based techniques and online care
Audra uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach is skill-building work that teaches concrete coping strategies for anxiety and stress, such as organizing routines, breathing or grounding exercises, and stepwise exposure to feared situations. These techniques help people manage day-to-day symptoms and increase confidence.Another approach centers on values and goal-setting to improve motivation and purpose. Sessions can include identifying what matters most, breaking larger goals into doable steps, and testing small habits that reinforce progress. This is useful for people feeling stuck, lacking motivation, or facing life transitions.
Choosing the right approach happens together. Audra will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then try methods that fit those needs. The plan can be adjusted over time based on what feels helpful and what doesn’t, making therapy a collaborative process.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is preferred. Live chat and messaging allow quick check-ins and ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and maintain momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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