Therapists in Aransas Pass, TX

Bilingual Licensed Clinical Social Worker certified in Trauma Focused - Cognitive Behavioral therapist and Cognitive Processing Therapy, providing individual, group, and family counseling to adolescents and their families. My main focus is helping individuals with difficulties in relationship conflicts, lack of communication skills, depression, anxiety, self-harming behaviors, suicidal thoughts, low self-esteem, panic attacks, fear, and loss of control. My goal is to empower lives by providing individuals with tools to help promote well being and self-efficacy.

Are you wanting to begin a journey towards self-discovery and growth? Are you struggling with overwhelming anxiety and constant overthinking? Are you in a relationship and want to foster deeper connection with your partner by improving communication and conflict resolution? Are you going through the complexities of divorce and feel ready to embrace change, heal, and rediscover your sense of identity? Are you struggling to heal after a loss or death of a loved one? Are you consumed with complex emotions due to life transitions: new relationship, new parent, empty nester, job changes?

Imagine a life without feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, and powerless. Picture living free from hopelessness and confusion. Your first step to healing is for us to connect. Working with me feels like a great conversation with a trusted friend. I help people heal from narcissistic abuse, trauma, and grief. Clients I work with experience increased clarity within the first few weeks and continue to improve. If you are unsure, it's natural. I got you! We will reclaim your life, session by session. Receive clarity, confidence, and closure when we unite. Break free from suffering, and become a survivor with my help.

I am committed to helping teens, young adults, individuals, couples, marriages and families to reach their fullest potential, by providing the tools necessary to survive and thrive in life's struggles and challenges. I believe that everyone is worthy and capable, of living a life that they love, so I focus on moving away from self-defeating ways, gaining perspective, and increasing insight. As therapist and client, we can work together to see these changes impact your life in a way that produces resolution and restoration. My goal is to reach marriages, and to restore families. My mission is to build bridges one family at a time.

I believe in providing endless grace, support, and encouragement from start to finish as we work together in helping you process and overcome trauma, abuse, and grief. I will help you learn to develop a healthy view of yourself, others, and the world around you despite the unimaginable circumstances you may have endured. I believe there is hope and a chance for a better life for everyone. Ultimately, we will collaborate as a team to create a treatment plan that will lead to the outcomes you desire most.

As the child of a Vietnam Veteran with PTSD, I have experienced the long lasting effects of trauma and understand the impact on our heroes and their family members; including First Responders. Untreated trauma, not just Military related, can lead to depression, anxiety, addictions, unhealthy relationships, suicidal thoughts/behaviors, and so much more. Sometimes it can feel like you are alone in the darkness. I will walk with you in the darkness until you find the light again.

Jose M. Cantu, CPC founded Cantu Life Coaching, LLC in 2022. He has a passion and drive for assisting others find their own happiness and motivation for life. Cantu Life Coaching, LLC provides high quality, professional and compassionate care. In a comfortable and peaceful atmosphere, I will provide a highly personalized approach that is tailored to each client’s individual needs. Through a collaborative approach, I will assist you in tackling your goals and aspirations. There is also a licensed professional counselor on staff to assist with client needs.

Do you find yourself struggling in your relationships, worrying all the time, or dealing with depression? Perhaps you have a loved one struggling with similar issues. Facing these current struggles can be painful, scary and overwhelming, but you do not have to do it alone. I am interested in joining you to face these current struggles and find solutions tailored to your unique circumstance.

We believe we all need someone to talk with throughout our lives, a safe place and safe person we can open up with in ways that we may not be able to with our family and friends. Our passion is to provide a safe haven, with confidentiality and a true listening ear to help bring healing and restoration to hurting people and families. We are dedicated to working alongside you through emotional, mental, physical and/or spiritual issues as well as promote life change and growth. (Please view our slideshow to see all of our counselors and view our facility to get more acquainted with us.)

Feeling alone and nervous in a relationship that once brought you excitement and joy? You may even be on edge to share your thoughts, feelings, and desires for fear of rejection or a big blowup. Sometimes we even lie to ourselves because we don’t want to deal with the uncomfortableness of it all. We feel like we have to keep it together for us, for our children, for family. 

It makes perfect sense that you're exhausted. You spend much of your time thinking about what could go wrong or what others are thinking. You feel energy crashes throughout the day, your mind chatters at night, and your dreams are so vivid that it leaves you restless. It seems as though you and your partner can never see eye-to-eye, and when you're not arguing with them, you're wrestling with issues with your parents. You've spent much of your life taking care of others - walking on eggshells, afraid of judgement, constantly questioning if you're good enough - I know this because I've lived it. Now is the time to take care of YOU.

It has been a privilege to have shared in the lives and the struggles of thousands of people during the last 30 years. All appointments are online telehealth using Zoom, Facetime or Google Meet. Please visit my websites at www.OnlineChristianCounseling.info or www.ChristianMarriageCounseling.info I work with individual adults and couples. Counseling involves listening, reflecting, analyzing, reframing and desensitizing. Role playing, rehearsal and relaxation training are often used. Healing emotional wounds and restoring damaged relationships are often the goals of psychotherapy.

As a client reflects over their lives, their relationships, and their choices, they sometimes want MORE from life! I encourage clients to find their ideal life and not to live it as others want them to . I’m my practice, clients are able to learn to trust in themselves by looking deeper into their soul and recognizing the things that bring them more happiness and peace. Let’s take this journey to restore happiness and peace in your life and your relationships, so you can have MORE in this lifetime!

I believe we all need someone to talk with throughout our lives, a safe place and safe person that listens so we can process our life experiences, traumas, grief's and all happenstances. My passion is to provide a safe haven, with the utmost privacy and confidentiality and a true listening ear to help bring healing and restoration to hurting people and families. I am dedicated to work alongside you through your emotional, mental, and/or spiritual issues as well as promote life change and growth. I like to integrate different therapeutic theories to your unique self, set goals and help you find the answers that are best for you!

Making the decision to see a counselor is not always easy. You may be carrying wounds that you would rather keep buried. These wounds can be barriers that keep you from developing worthiness and living a full, satisfying life. Together we will develop effective tools and strategies to help you move through these barriers and cultivate worthiness. I have extensive training in the treatment of trauma, depression, anxiety, and marriage and family issues.

Life's journey presents us with a variety of opportunities and obstacles. Often times, our lives can feel overwhelming or confusing. Sometimes we might feel stuck or lost. I want to hear your story and understand your experience. Through therapy, I seek to help you understand yourself and others around you better. I will help you explore the way you see the world, your relationships, your "wiring", etc. I work well with a variety of concerns including marital issues, ADHD (kids and adults), depression, anxiety, and personality disorders. I work best with clients who seek to deepen their understanding of themselves and others.

I partner with the Holy Spirit to help heal hearts and minds, one session at a time. When we carry old and unhealed wounds, they leak poison into us and those around us. This is why hurt people, hurt people. Broken people, break things and other people. But, healed people, Heal People! I utilize evidence based best practices to help clients identify, explore, process, challenge, and heal from their past hurts and suffering. I greatly look forward to coming along side you on your journey to sound mental health and healing. Together, we can help you start living your best life, in the peace and joy we were created to receive.

I often hear clients say “who can I trust with my most personal and private feelings and thoughts?", "Who will understand what I am going through?", or "I feel so alone." The decision to seek therapy is subjective. Counseling is a safe and non-judgmental setting. Therapist-client relationship is built on trust creating the counseling approaches to be less challenging. With that said, many mental health issues involving everyday life events are treatable using short or long term therapy. Let me help you develop a healthier approach to life as it presents itself.