- Guilt and shame work
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Career and life design
About Enrique
Enrique Villarreal is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor in Colorado with ten years of counseling experience. He works with adults on stress, anxiety, self-esteem, career concerns, and issues like addiction, grief, anger, depression, and compassion fatigue. Enrique lists guilt and shame among his focus areas and brings a career-informed perspective to therapy.
He trained at Colorado State University where he earned a Master of Education in Counseling. Enrique previously spent a decade in graphic design and later shifted into counseling, which shapes how he talks about work, burnout, and life changes. He often links career and personal life to help people see how one affects the other.
In sessions he uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Narrative Therapy techniques. That means he helps people name unhelpful thoughts, identify small change steps, and reframe the stories they tell about themselves. Motivational Interviewing also appears in his work to support decision-making and readiness to change.
He focuses on practical, short-term changes as well as deeper shifts in self-understanding. Enrique often brings career and life-design ideas into conversations about purpose, fatherhood, control, and forgiveness. He also addresses multicultural concerns and issues common to men and LGBT clients.
If someone is unsure how career and personal concerns connect, he asks concrete questions and maps out next steps. To begin, the site directs people to a short matching questionnaire and scheduling process to arrange a first session.
How Enrique integrates common approaches in online work
Enrique often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns. CBT focuses on identifying thought-behavior links and trying small experiments to see what changes. He also draws on Solution-Focused Therapy to set clear, short-term goals and find practical steps that move a person forward.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the early work. He collaborates with each person to match methods to their goals, preferences, and life situation rather than sticking to one fixed method. That means trying different techniques and checking in about what feels useful.
The therapist's biography did not list specific session formats, so confirm which formats are offered before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, shorten check-ins when time is limited, and remove travel time so people can schedule sessions between work or family commitments. Licensed professionals can also use brief motivational interviewing steps over shorter meetings to support decision-making and change planning.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Colorado
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does he help with?
He works with stress, anxiety, self-esteem, career transitions, addictions, grief, anger, depression, and compassion fatigue, and lists guilt and shame among his focus areas.
How does he approach guilt and shame?
He uses CBT techniques to identify and challenge harsh self-beliefs, and narrative work to reframe personal stories that keep guilt or shame alive.
How much experience does he have?
He has ten years of counseling experience and earned a Master of Education in Counseling from Colorado State University.
What credential does he hold and where is he based?
He is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor based in Colorado.
Can I work with him if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and he is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats does he offer?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with a first session?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session through the site.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.