Why I Do This Work
I was born in Monterrey, Mexico, and came to the United States as a child. I was the first in my family to serve in the U.S. military — a Navy veteran of Desert Storm — and the first to attend college.
I know what it means to build something from nothing. To carry family expectations quietly. To navigate two cultures at once and wonder where exactly you fit. To look competent and composed on the outside while working twice as hard on the inside just to stay there.
That experience didn’t just shape who I am. It shaped the kind of therapist I became.
Over the course of my career I’ve worked with people across many walks of life — different backgrounds, different struggles, different starting points. That breadth of experience taught me something important: the people who appear to have it most together are often carrying the heaviest weight.
That’s the person I built this practice for. The high-achieving professional who is deeply capable and privately exhausted. Who has handled everything on their own for so long that asking for help feels almost foreign. Whose life looks successful from the outside — and who quietly wonders why that still isn’t enough.
Keep Moving Forward
KMF stands for Keep Moving Forward.
I chose that name because I’ve seen what it looks like when someone has been stuck for a long time — not because their life is falling apart, but because they’ve been running hard in place. Doing everything right. Meeting every expectation. And still feeling like something essential is missing or just out of reach.
That feeling of no traction — of working harder and harder without really moving — is one of the most quietly exhausting things a person can carry. And it’s exactly the kind of thing that gets minimized, pushed down, or explained away because on paper, everything looks fine.
Keep Moving Forward isn’t about pushing through. It’s about finally moving in a direction that actually means something to you.
That’s what this work is for.
Who I Work With
I specialize in working with adult professionals across Texas — and especially with Latino and Hispanic professionals who are navigating the particular weight of succeeding in spaces that weren’t originally built for them.
You might be first-generation. You might be the one in your family who made it — which means you’re also the one everyone else leans on. You might feel the pressure of cultural expectations so deeply that they’ve started to feel like your own skin.
Or you might simply be someone who has been holding it together for a very long time and is quietly ready for something more sustainable.
Whoever you are — if you’re a high-achieving adult who is privately exhausted and ready to do something about it — you belong here.
How I Work
What stays consistent across every session is this: you are the expert on your own life. My role isn’t to tell you what to do. It’s to create a space where you feel genuinely heard, supported, and empowered to trust yourself again.
Sessions are available in English, Spanish, or both — naturally, without translation ever feeling like an afterthought.
You’ve been moving forward your whole life. Let’s make sure you’re moving in the right direction.
You don’t have to have it all figured out to reach out. A free 20-minute consultation is just a conversation — a chance to connect, talk about what’s been weighing on you, and see if KMF feels like the right place to land.
Common Questions About Online Therapy With Marco Villegas, LPC
Do you provide online therapy across the entire state of Texas or only in Austin?
KMF Counseling Solutions, PLLC is a 100% virtual telehealth practice. As a bilingual LPC in Texas, I am fully licensed to provide online anxiety therapy, depression counseling, and DBT services to adult professionals residing anywhere in the state, including Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and rural communities.
Is this a bilingual practice? Can I conduct my therapy sessions in Spanish?
Yes. As a bilingual Latino therapist, I offer fully bilingual therapy services. Clients can choose to conduct their sessions entirely in English, entirely in Spanish, or a natural blend of both — whatever feels most comfortable for you to process your experiences authentically.
What types of issues do you specialize in for professionals?
I specialize in treating anxiety, depression, executive burnout, work-life balance, and life transitions. My focus is on supporting high-achieving adults, bicultural professionals, and first-generation college graduates who manage high-pressure environments while balancing complex personal and cultural expectations.
