Marcelo Gonzalez, LCPC

Licensed in Illinois · 10 years in practice

Marcelo Gonzalez is a licensed counselor in Illinois with ten years of experience supporting people through big life changes.

License and registration

LCPC, Illinois: 180.013409 · expires March 2027
NPI: 1518418037 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 10
Languages: English

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About Marcelo

Marcelo Gonzalez is a licensed counselor in Illinois with ten years of experience supporting people through big life changes. He focuses on practical steps you can try right away and listens closely to understand what matters to you. Marcelo brings a calm, straightforward style to sessions and aims to make therapy feel usable and down to earth.

He centers work around the concerns people bring, such as stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and questions about identity.

Background and approach

He also helps with career transitions, intimacy and commitment issues, and the specific stresses that come with living in different cultures or navigating immigration. Marcelo has experience addressing ADHD, compassion fatigue, and seasonally driven mood shifts. Marcelo uses a mix of approaches to fit each person's needs.

He draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and build meaningful action, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns, and client-centered listening to create an open space to talk. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are tools he brings in when they match a person's goals. Sessions are practical and collaborative.

Marcelo helps people identify small experiments to try between meetings and checks what worked. He pays attention to how identities like race, gender, and culture shape daily life and problem solving. People who want clear, respectful guidance and a therapist who works with real-world concerns may find his style helpful.

Marcelo works with individuals to explore options and move toward goals at a comfortable pace.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Marcelo lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

LGBT
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Stress, Anxiety
Intimacy-related issues
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
Commitment issues
Guilt and shame
HIV / AIDS
Immigration issues
Impulsivity
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Money and financial issues
Multicultural concerns
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Prejudice and discrimination
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-love
Sexuality
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Marcelo names

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Marcelo commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify what matters to them and take steps toward those values even when emotions are difficult. ACT is useful for coping with anxiety, stress, and life transitions where finding direction matters.

He also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify patterns of thinking that keep problems going and to test new behaviors that can shift mood and confidence. CBT works well for anxiety, low self-esteem, and goal-focused change. Client-centered therapy guides how he listens and responds, giving people space to name what feels most important to work on.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the process. Marcelo will collaborate with each person to choose approaches that fit their goals, needs, and preferences, and he adjusts methods over time based on what helps most.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video gives a near face-to-face experience, phone can be quieter and use less bandwidth, live chat works for brief check-ins, and messaging can help keep momentum between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or travel while keeping the focus on practical progress.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does Marcelo address?

He helps with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, identity concerns, career changes, intimacy and commitment issues, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and related life transitions.

How would you describe his therapeutic style?

He uses practical, collaborative sessions that mix listening with concrete steps and short experiments to try between meetings.

What experience does he bring to therapy?

Marcelo has ten years of professional experience working with people on identity, cultural stress, mood concerns, and life direction.

What are his credentials and where is he based?

He holds an IL LCPC and practices from Illinois.

Can I work with him if English is not my first language?

Sessions are offered in English, and he is open to working with international clients.

Which session formats are available?

He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How does billing and cost work?

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