Therapists in Albuquerque, NM

Congratulations on taking the first step to feeling better. Let’s collaborate and sort through the things on your plate. I will bring to the table my years of experience and a plethora of ideas. I am creative, innovative and enthusiastic. Healing doesn’t have to be painful and grueling. I am mindful of keeping the energy balanced. I have an eclectic approach to therapy that is holistic and strengths based.

With 20 years in the recovery community, I've transitioned from a peer support volunteer to a licensed substance abuse associate (LSAA) with a BA in Psycho-Spirituality. My mission is to provide a safe place for individuals navigating substance misuse and associated challenges like trauma and mood disorders. Since my early twenties, I've been actively involved in support groups, starting with homeless LGBTQIA+ youth. This diverse experience has shaped my commitment to inclusivity and understanding, fostering a continuous journey of empathy and support. You can check out my book, The Recovery Warrior.

We are Solamente Holistic Health. This space is for our Albuquerque and New Mexico community where therapists, healers, and medical professionals come together to provide ongoing holistic care, supportive therapy for all ages, grief counseling, and other beneficial practices such as yoga and nutrition. Here, our community has access to practices and practitioners that work with the individual to promote, attain and maintain health and well-being for the duration of a person's lifetime.

Would you like to feel more connected to yourself, others and the world we live in? Sometimes difficult moods, thoughts or circumstances seem to take over our lives. I provide masters level psychotherapy for a variety of ages. I believe compassion, validation, empathy and forgiveness are part of what we all require for individual growth and the development of our sense of self, and self-esteem. Working with adults, children, adolescents, and families, I have found that being truly heard can and does change lives.

Video/Telephone sessions available. These are stressful uncertain times in our lives and in the World. Having to isolate and distance from each other, increases everyone’s anxiety and even depression. I am an Independent Licensed Clinical Counselor with 20+ years experience helping people cope, and get through tough times. I am available for Video/telephone therapy 7 days a week. Temporarily, I am only accepting new clients with Presbyterian Medicaid. Looking forward to speaking with you. Take Care. Diane

** Anxiety, panic disorder, trauma, PTSD, Medical PTSD ** Anxiety is physically painful. Your heart races. Your muscles tense. Your palms sweat. You have an overwhelming sense of dread as your natural fight or flight response kicks in. Do you fight back? Do you retreat to your own space? Or do you freeze in uncertainty? If you are experiencing anxiety on a daily basis, it is probably having a negative impact on your your health. Your back and shoulders hurt. Your quality of sleep is poor. You are fatigued, but you make yourself busier to justify your exhaustion.

My goal in therapy is to meet you where you are and provide the support to access the tools you need to deal with your challenges. I believe that it is important to provide a safe and supportive environment where issues that are causing disturbance in your life can be explored. I work with adolescents, adults, and couples from various backgrounds and experiencing various problems.

In 2009, Shannon Enright-Smith identified a need for a supportive environment where she and other behavioral health professionals could work together to advance the thinking in the emerging field of integrated behavioral health. This was the start of the Life Change Institute where behavioral health professionals collaborate to create positive outcomes for the individuals, couples and families they serve. We believe in restoring our clients to their optimum state of health and wellness and in establishing personal skills and practices to prevent future ill health and trauma.

Hello, thank you for considering me in your search for a therapist. I offer you a genuine, honest and supportive therapeutic relationship to create a safe place for you to be heard, recognizing how truly amazing you are, working together to change your life, learning new techniques to improve each day and actually feeling better. If you have made it this far, then you are ready to take the next step. If you choose me, then know I will do my absolute best to support you feeling better and use effective clinical techniques to improve your life. There are many therapists, what sets me apart is that you are my most important client.

People come to therapy for all kinds of reasons - to learn more about themselves, to have someone sit with them during difficult times, to process life events, to share without feeling judged. With all the crises, conflicts, disasters, and devastation happening in the world it’s hard not to feel broken. And that's without the personal dramas that play out in our lives. How do we learn to accept what is? How do we learn to change?

I’m an Independently licensed Mental Health Counselor, LPCC and graduated from New Mexico State with my MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. My goal is to assist clients to heal, find joy, and grow in life. I strive to work alongside individuals to establish goals that are strength-based and within the needs of what the client needs/wants. As a clinician I like to work with many different populations. I’ll often use modalities of CBT, DBT, & ACT.

I am a New Mexico Licensed Social Worker with over 27 years of experience practicing in both New York and New Mexico. i have worked in a variety of clinical settings providing individual, family and group therapies to elementary and middle school students as well as adults, seniors, and veterans to overcome a wide range of mental health issues including anxiety, depression, anger, self esteem and coping deficits.

**Now offering medication management** Each of us is on a journey and there will be times where we feel lost, alone, overwhelmed or inadequate. We believe the key to moving past difficulties in your life involves developing greater awareness, understanding, and self-compassion in a safe and affirming space. We will explore what is holding you back, develop skills so you can change unhealthy patterns while gently challenging you to move towards health and wellbeing. We are all resilient and have the inherent ability to change and thrive. Each day offers an opportunity to learn from the past and fully immerse ourselves in the present.

Have you ever wondered what therapy is all about? Is it for you? Do you experience: angry outbursts, complete shut down, anxiety, depression, panic attacks, suicidal ideation, or issues with impulse control. Understanding the role that being in a regulated state is the cornerstone to mental health. The mission of my practice is to teach every person, in a group or individual setting, the foundations of regulation and how to connect to it within their own body.

Whether facing anxiety, depression, the echoes of trauma, the stressors of work, home, school, family, or other mental and emotional challenges, we all desire and deserve to live wise, enriching, meaningful, and happy lives. I look forward to working with clients who wish to engage in self-discovery, healing, and renewal by developing and using insights and tools gained in therapy and strengthened in daily life.

BeMeBetter is accepting new clients. Specializing in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and a certified Financial Social Worker, I work with individuals struggling with affective disorders (depression, anxiety, PTSD, trauma) and financial stress affecting overall wellbeing. I particularly enjoy helping Veterans, their family members, and adolescents struggling with school performance or phase of life problems.

My clients bring in a range of issues and have varying ideas of what they would like to change about themselves and/or their lives -- but they all have one thing in common, and that is motivation for change. Therapy can, and should, be a place for self-reflection and self-improvement and I am here to support that process. While a lot of my experience has been with children/adolescents and mood disorders, I approach every client with an open mind and heart, and strive to always create a safe and inviting space.

Small Steps works with children from birth to 18 years of age in the areas of Infant Mental Health and Development Therapy, Play Therapy, Attachment Therapy, Art Therapy, Dance and Movement Therapy, Parenting Support and Education and Home Visiting. Each of these modalities focuses on helping young children develop healthy neurological and psychological functioning as well as healthy relationships and resiliency.

As a therapist, I believe that I am in a unique position to facilitate healing, promote personal growth and esteem, and teach effective "life skills". I encourage my client to discover and build upon their strengths, which empowers them to move forward to lead constructive and satisfying lives. I recognize that making the decision to come to therapy, whether it be in an crisis, or to address long standing concerns, can be difficult. The environment I provide for my clients conveys an attitude of respect that not only reflects that awareness but also facilitates the development of trust.