Hi and thank you for taking the time to get to know a little more about me. I know that seeking help can be hard and may seem overwhelming at times. It's important to find the right fit for your needs and I hope to have the opportunity to assist you on your journey.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas. I graduated from The University of Texas at San Antonio with a B.A. in Sociology with a concentration in Criminal Justice and received my M.A . in Counseling from Sam Houston State University.
I have experience with adoption and conducting home assessments and navigating foster care, adoption, and the court system. Additionally, I have experience addressing marital concerns, blended families, depression, anxiety, career and educational counseling, relationship issues, and situational stress. I have worked alongside law enforcement and first responders when processing on the job stresses. I have worked in the trauma field, specifically with survivors of sexual abuse, severe physical abuse, and witnesses to violent crimes for over ten years.
We live and breath and have our being in relationships. Relationships take work. I have experience working with blended families and adoption . Often couples have unresolved issues related to trauma, previous relationships and issues such as pornography addiction and infidelity. Drawing on my own personal and professional experience I look forward to working on those relationships that are hurting.
I believe in the power of the therapeutic relationship as a collaborative effort. As we work together to discover strategies and solutions to encourage movement along the journey to health and healing it is my hope to be of support to you through the ups and downs that come. My counseling approach is integrative: pulling from a variety of therapeutic techniques such as solution-focused, reality, and choice. I also believe in the power of physical, emotional, intellectual, social, spiritual, occupational and environmental health.
It takes courage to seek help and I applaud you for taking the first steps .
I look forward to working with you!
Vanessa
Additional areas of focus: Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Depression, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Aging and geriatric issues, Attachment issues, Blended family issues, Body image, Cancer, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Emptiness, Family problems, Fertility issues, First responder issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Infidelity, Jealousy, Life purpose, Multicultural concerns, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Self-harm, Self-love, Sexual assault and abuse, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
TX LPC 70685