About Edgar
Edgar Pena is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida with ten years of clinical experience helping people facing addictions, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, grief, bipolar challenges, and other life changes. He speaks English and Spanish and offers a calm, direct approach that aims to make each session feel practical and focused.
He creates a space where people can speak honestly about difficult feelings. Sessions focus on clear goals and steps that can be tried between meetings.
Background and approach
Edgar listens without judgment and helps clients notice patterns that get in the way of change. His work draws on Client-Centered Therapy, which centers what the person wants to address, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at thoughts and behaviors, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy, which pays attention to strong feelings in relationships.
Edgar blends these methods to match each person's situation and goals rather than following a single script. Many sessions include problem-solving, skill practice, and checking progress week to week. Edgar helps clients break big issues into small, manageable steps so change feels possible rather than overwhelming.
People who want therapy in English or Spanish can work with him. He also accepts international clients and offers several online formats to fit different schedules and needs. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first appointment.
Approach-driven care for online therapy
Edgar uses Client-Centered Therapy to focus sessions on what matters most to the person. This approach emphasizes listening, empathy, and the client's own goals so the plan follows their priorities rather than a fixed agenda.He also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replace them with more effective choices. CBT is useful for depression, anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes. Emotionally-Focused Therapy is used when strong feelings affect relationships; it helps people name emotions and change unhelpful interaction patterns.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Edgar will collaborate with each client to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences and will adjust the plan as progress is observed.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text fits quick check-ins or days when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep regular contact between meetings.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish