About Hector
Hector Zayas uses practical, person-focused therapy to help people manage addiction, mood symptoms, and life stress. He is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 11 years of professional experience and draws on his own long-term recovery to inform his work. Hector aims to make therapy direct and steady while remaining compassionate and patient.
He blends client-centered care with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to address patterns that keep people stuck.
Background and approach
Sessions often focus on changing unhelpful thoughts, building healthier routines, and practicing new coping skills for cravings, anxiety, anger, or low mood. Hector also uses motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons to change.
People looking for help with addictions - including drug and alcohol issues or process addictions such as gambling and pornography - will find an approach that balances challenge with support. He also helps with first responder and veteran concerns, guilt and shame, forgiveness work, and control issues that can follow major life changes. In sessions Hector favors clear goals and measurable steps.
He works with each person to set priorities, track progress, and adjust plans when needed. The work is collaborative: the therapist offers tools and the person decides what fits their life. Hector practices in Florida and conducts sessions in English.
He offers multiple online formats, so people can choose what best fits their schedule and communication style.
How Hector's Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's own perspective and priorities, helping them feel heard while building solutions that fit their life. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, targets the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems like anxiety, depression, and addictive patterns going, with practical exercises to try between sessions.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Hector will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before, then recommend strategies to try. He adjusts the plan as progress is tracked and new needs emerge, so therapy stays focused and useful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different routines. Video is useful for deeper conversations and skill practice, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, recovery meetings, or family obligations while keeping momentum between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English