About Marcelo
Marcelo Gonzalez is a licensed clinical professional counselor practicing in Illinois. He brings ten years of experience helping people navigate anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Marcelo focuses on practical steps and plain conversation to help clients find clearer ways forward.
He creates an encouraging and affirming atmosphere. Sessions aim to reduce shame and isolation while strengthening self-understanding. Marcelo draws on straightforward conversation and goal-focused work so people leave with usable ideas they can try between sessions.
Background and approach
Marcelo often supports clients dealing with identity questions, LGBTQ concerns, and multicultural issues. He also helps with career shifts, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, and difficulties tied to impulsivity or attention and focus, including ADHD. He listens for how a person’s background and identities shape everyday choices and stressors.
His approach mixes acceptance-based and cognitive tools alongside mindfulness and motivational techniques. That means clients can expect help noticing unhelpful patterns, trying small behavioral changes, and clarifying what matters most to them. Marcelo emphasizes practical steps and personal values rather than long lectures.
He offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, and text messaging to fit different schedules. Marcelo works with people from varied cultural backgrounds and accepts international clients who speak English.
How therapy approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying what matters most and taking small actions that match those values. It helps people who feel stuck move toward a life they find meaningful rather than spending energy fighting unwanted thoughts. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and actions interact and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns and reduce anxiety or stress. Mindfulness Therapy trains attention to the present moment and can ease reactivity and rumination by building simple daily practices.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Marcelo works collaboratively to see what fits each person's goals, needs, and style. Early sessions often include trying an idea for a few weeks and then adjusting the plan based on what helps most.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls are useful when visual connection matters for conversation. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or work well when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging let people send updates, ask quick questions, and keep momentum between sessions. These options provide flexibility so therapy can continue across schedules and locations while focusing on practical change and values-driven goals.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- LGBT
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- ADHD
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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