Artrevisa Payton

Artrevisa Payton is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Texas with 10 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, grief, career uncertainty, relationship and family concerns, compassion fatigue, and questions about life purpose. Sessions are conversational and relaxed in tone.

She has worked in long-term care and outpatient settings with adult and geriatric clients, including people affected by Alzheimer’s and dementia. That background informs how she approaches aging and end-of-life concerns, hospice support, and the strains caregivers can face. Practical day-to-day problems like communication breakdowns and isolation are part of her caseload.

Her style favors a client-centered approach that keeps the person’s goals in view. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to address thoughts and behaviors, and solution-focused tools to identify small, doable steps. Motivational interviewing and mindfulness techniques appear in her work when they fit a client’s needs.

In sessions she focuses on listening first, naming what feels difficult, and then working toward manageable changes. She emphasizes objective reflection so clients can confront fears and reduce uncertainty without pressure. Conversations are plain and direct rather than overly clinical.

People come to her when they are stuck after a life change, unsure about next steps, or needing support through loss and caregiving challenges. She helps clarify immediate priorities and map small actions that align with a client’s values and practical life demands.

How her approaches translate to online sessions

Client-centered therapy keeps the focus on the person’s own goals and concerns. In practice this means the therapist listens, reflects, and helps people clarify what matters most to them rather than imposing a fixed agenda. This approach is useful for figuring out priorities after a big life change or when purpose feels unclear.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses practical exercises and experiments to test unhelpful thinking and develop different behavior patterns. This can help with anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem by giving concrete tools to try between sessions.

Solution-focused therapy emphasizes small, achievable steps and what can change right away. It works well when someone needs quick ways to reduce stress, improve communication, or start moving toward a career or life-purpose question.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with clients to pick methods that fit their goals and preferences. That could mean mixing listening-based client-centered work with CBT homework or brief solution-focused tasks.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time so conversations can happen between work or caregiving duties.