Viviana Urgiles, LCSW

Viviana Urgiles is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 15 years of experience helping people recover from trauma and navigate major life changes. She practices from Texas and creates a calm, respectful space for people to talk through painful experiences and find clearer ways forward.

Her work centers on trauma and its common companions - anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, and stress. She helps people who have faced interpersonal violence, childhood abuse, medical trauma, or other life-altering events. She also supports those coping with addiction, career changes, caregiving stress, and midlife transitions.

In sessions she uses approaches that focus on present needs and practical skills. Viviana teaches emotional regulation, coping strategies, and ways to rebuild trust and healthy patterns. She emphasizes understanding how trauma affects thinking, feelings, and behavior so clients can make gradual, sustainable changes.

Viviana adapts care to each person's background and goals. She pays attention to cultural context and to attachment wounds that can shape relationships and self-worth. Her methods combine acceptance, focused problem-solving, and skill practice to help people feel more steady in daily life.

People who work with her often want to reduce overwhelm, manage mood swings, improve communication, or recover from past harm. She encourages clear goals and steady progress, helping clients reclaim a sense of agency and move toward a more balanced life.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice their thoughts without getting stuck and choose actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and major life decisions by clarifying what matters and building small, value-driven steps. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape connection and trust. It helps people understand patterns in close relationships and practice new ways of relating when bonds feel strained.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That might mean starting with skill-focused work, then shifting to relational or values-based work as progress is made.

The biography does not specify session formats, so confirm the available online options before booking. Many people find online therapy helps fit sessions into busy lives, makes it easier to keep regular appointments, and allows for check-ins without traveling. Online work can support practicing coping skills during real-world moments, tracking progress between meetings, and keeping continuity of care across locations when international clients participate.