How do you determine therapy goals with clients? What does that process look like?
It is important for me to get to know the person I am working with and to find out what has initially brought them into therapy. Most people have some idea about what they are feeling uncomfortable with in their life and what to feel differently. It is my job t help facilitate a discussion that will lead us to their goal and to make if very clear for both them and I to start the work.
What do you view as a key component of the therapeutic relationship?
Like most relationships they start with mutual respect so that trust can emerge between them.
If there was one thing you wish people knew about the therapy experience who might be hesitant to try it, what would that be?
That the therapist is not judging them or making assumptions. They are in a safe place with a person who want to help them.
Specialties
Depression
Depression often causes people to feel sad, empty, or hopeless, and can cause a lack of interest in life. It can also affect a person's thinking patterns and physical health.
Anxiety
Anxiety can mean nervousness, worry, or self-doubt. Anxiety disorder is a mental health disorder that entails excessive, repeated bouts of worry, anxiety, and/or fear.
Couples
Provides couples therapy/counseling
General Expertise
Loss/Grief
Grief is a reaction to an emotionally significant loss and often comes with symptoms of depression or anxiety. These symptoms can remain intense and last for a long time after a loss, making it difficult to move forward with a healthy lifestyle.
Self-Esteem
Self-esteem is the degree to which a person feels confident, valuable, and worthy of respect. Feeling low self-esteem can influence overall well-being and be linked to anxiety and/or depression.
Abuse/Survivors of abuse
Abuse includes any significant mistreatment along the lines of psychical, emotional, sexual, verbal, and neglect. Survivors of abuse may experience negative thoughts and feelings, flashbacks, distrust of others, social withdrawal, self-harm, and increased likelihood of developing mental health and substance abuse issues.
Adolescent mental health
Adolescent mental health focuses on adolescent-specific experiences including physical and cognitive development, social and environmental factors, sex, sexual identification and orientation, emotional processing, and substance use. Given the influence that parents/guardians have on adolescents, home life is a particularly important consideration.
Anger management
It's normal to experience anger at times, but for some, it becomes so frequent, intense, or difficult to control that it negatively affects their life. Anger management is a structured therapeutic approach toward reducing one’s anger to a point where more appropriate coping and/or conflict management skills are used. Beliefs and thoughts leading toward anger outbursts are explored while healthy coping and interpersonal skills are put into practice.
Fees
$130
First Session
$130
Family Therapy
$130
Couples Therapy
$130
Individual Therapy
Types of Therapy
Family Session
Couples Session
Individual Session
Clientele
Young Adults (18-24)
Adults (25-65)
Seniors (65+)
Adolescents (13-17)
Treatment Approaches / Modalities
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Strength Based Therapy
Cognitive Processing Therapy
Family Systems Therapy
Internal Family Systems Therapy
Marriage and Family Therapy
Motivational Interviewing
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Training / Certifications
Marriage and Family Therapy 2 year Post graduate Program Menningers
Trauma Training Trust Based Relational Intervention
Licensure
TX, LCSW, 54278
Education
Masters in Clinical Social Work
Work History
I have been a clinical social worker for 20 plus years. I have worked in K- 12 schools with children and adolescents on mental health issues and special education. I have worked in hospitals with nursing home patients and rehabilitation to assist people to continue to live independently. I have worked with adults and children in psychiatric hospitalizations as well as, substance abuse issues. I have worked with adults, couples, families, children, and adolescents regarding depression, anxiety, family dynamics assisting with communication and healthy boundaries.
Location
Goforth, Buda, 78610, TX