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Vanessa Becerra Bautista

Therapist · Nevada

Vanessa Becerra BautistaLCPC

Practical CBT support for stress and relationships

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  • Experience6 years
  • LanguagesEnglish
  • SessionsOnline
  • CBT focused
  • Strengths based
  • Nevada licensed

About Vanessa

Vanessa Becerra Bautista is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) in Nevada with six years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, family conflict, trauma, and depression. Vanessa centers sessions on each person’s strengths and perspective. She encourages small steps and practical tools that fit everyday life.

Vanessa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which means she helps clients notice unhelpful thoughts and try different ways of responding. In sessions she works on clear, doable strategies for coping and problem solving. Clients can expect straightforward conversation, goal setting, and skill practice between meetings.

She also addresses work around attachment, abandonment, and patterns that affect relationships. Vanessa supports people dealing with body image, caregiver stress, communication problems, control issues, and the fallout of divorce or separation. She brings attention to guilt, shame, impulsivity, and feelings of isolation so these issues can be named and managed.

Practical concerns like money stress, life purpose, and mood regulation are part of her focus as well. Vanessa aims to help people build routines and tools that reduce overwhelm. She frames the therapy process as collaborative and paced to the client’s readiness.

To begin, she asks people to reflect on goals and what feels most pressing. That starting conversation shapes a plan that combines short-term coping with longer-term change.

Cognitive Behavioral Tools and Online Therapy Options

Vanessa practices Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and acting. CBT is useful for stress, anxiety, mood changes, and problems that repeat in relationships. It often includes short exercises and practice between sessions to build new habits.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Vanessa will work with each person to decide whether CBT fits their needs and goals. She tailors strategies to what feels doable and keeps checking in to adjust the plan as progress happens.

Session formats are not specified in the provided biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow quicker check-ins when needed. It can also let people focus on specific skills during sessions, like breathing practice, thought records, or role-playing communication, so therapy feels practical and applicable to daily life.

License and NPI

  • LCPC Nevada · No. CP5538

NPI1720385222

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Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseDepression

Therapeutic approaches

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Experience

6+ years

Credentials

Nevada

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What concerns can Vanessa help with?

She helps with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, family conflict, trauma and abuse, and depression. Additional topics include attachment and abandonment, body image, caregiver stress, money issues, and mood concerns.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people change unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Sessions are practical, with goal setting and skills to practice between meetings.

What background and experience does she bring?

She has six years of professional work experience helping people with stress, anxiety, relationships, family conflict, trauma, and depression. Her approach highlights each person’s strengths.

Where is she licensed to practice?

She holds an NV LCPC credential and practices in Nevada.

In which language are sessions offered?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the United States work with her?

She is not accepting international clients at this time.

How does cost and billing work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What are the first steps to begin therapy?

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