About Agustin
Agustin Vieyra Ornelas brings 17 years of clinical experience to his California practice as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT). He emphasizes a respectful, person-focused stance and treats each client as the expert on their own story.
Background and approach
Agustin aims to make first steps easier for people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure where to begin. He works plainly and directly.
Sessions focus on practical ways to manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and struggles with self-esteem. He also supports people facing relationship strain, trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, or identity-related questions such as gender dysphoria and LGBT issues.
Agustin combines client-centered conversations with goal-oriented techniques. He helps people identify what matters most, test small changes, and build on strengths that already exist.
He also uses cognitive tools to shift unhelpful thinking and problem-solving methods to handle immediate concerns. He is comfortable addressing complex life themes like abandonment, attachment struggles, immigration-related stress, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and feelings of emptiness or guilt.
He brings patience when people are dealing with parenting strain, career shifts, or the fallout of grief and loss. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish and can be delivered in several online formats.
Agustin explains options, listens for what will fit into daily life, and helps people set realistic steps toward feeling more steady and capable.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the person feels understood and can find their own solutions; it helps with confidence, identity questions, and relationship concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, uses practical steps to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress. Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes small, achievable goals and quick steps that move someone toward what they want to change in their life.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Agustin collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and daily life. He checks in regularly and adjusts tools based on what helps most, so therapy stays focused and useful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into busy days. Video helps when visual connection matters, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging allow shorter check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options give flexibility for people balancing work, family, and other responsibilities.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish