- Strengths focused
- Trauma informed
- Skill building
About Dolores
Dolores Aguilar is an LPCC practicing in California who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, and self esteem challenges. She uses practical, skills-based work to help clients build confidence and cope with tough moments. Dolores speaks English and brings seven years of experience to her practice.
Her style centers on strengths and solutions. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior ideas, and motivational interviewing to shape conversations. Sessions are tailored to each person and aim to grow what already works for them.
Dolores also pays attention to trauma and its effects. She uses a trauma-informed lens to avoid retraumatizing and to help people feel safer as they work through painful memories. That approach guides how she plans goals and pacing.
Many clients come with overlapping issues like depression, relationship strain, body image worries, or caregiver stress. Dolores addresses those alongside core concerns by focusing on communication skills, coping strategies, and problem-solving steps. She emphasizes real-world practice between sessions.
Her practice includes work around grief, gender and LGBT-related concerns, immigration stress, and substance use challenges. The goal is practical change: clearer decision making, fewer overwhelming moments, and stronger day-to-day coping. Dolores invites people to take the first step and try a brief intake to see if her approach fits their needs.
Her style centers on strengths and solutions. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior ideas, and motivational interviewing to shape conversations. Sessions are tailored to each person and aim to grow what already works for them.
Dolores also pays attention to trauma and its effects. She uses a trauma-informed lens to avoid retraumatizing and to help people feel safer as they work through painful memories. That approach guides how she plans goals and pacing.
Many clients come with overlapping issues like depression, relationship strain, body image worries, or caregiver stress. Dolores addresses those alongside core concerns by focusing on communication skills, coping strategies, and problem-solving steps. She emphasizes real-world practice between sessions.
Her practice includes work around grief, gender and LGBT-related concerns, immigration stress, and substance use challenges. The goal is practical change: clearer decision making, fewer overwhelming moments, and stronger day-to-day coping. Dolores invites people to take the first step and try a brief intake to see if her approach fits their needs.