Therapists in Galveston, TX

I have over 26 years experience helping people that are adjusting to a loss or major life change. I help people clarify their values and beliefs, identify strengths, and prioritize their goals. I have helped people with grief work, recover from trauma, improve coping skills, reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. I welcome all sexual orientations and religious beliefs. I am also a Certified Bariatric Counseling Specialist treating Obesity, Eating Disorders, and Bariatric Surgery candidates.

Change is a process that, on the one hand, asks us to work towards feeling more secure in ourselves and prioritize our well-being, and on the other hand, asks us to step into the uncertainty and discomfort of a new experience. I strive to support both of these aspects of the change process, as a nonjudgmental witness to the journey, and as a willing companion offering skills, knowledge, and resources. I enjoy working with any client who is committed to their own growth and healing, open to finding new meaning in their experiences, and willing to show themselves acceptance and curiosity as they face new challenges.

Life comes in waves. Whether it's typical development or life changes and challenges, I offer services to children and their parents to help navigate those waves.

Have you been experiencing difficulties with relationships in your life. Are patterns of discomfort in your own skin causing all types of problems including anxiety and depression for you. If so, you know all too well the need to cope, but may struggle finding a way. Do you feel less as a person? Do you feel the stigma of stress prevents you from having a full and thriving life with others because you should be able to handle it. Living with emotional pain and gaining the balance of wellbeing can be hard. Science now understands the body and the mind are connected. The Space Between helps reconnect them for relief.

Family Service Center is a counseling agency in Galveston County serving individuals of all ages and their families. FSC also collaborates and provides services at multiple community-based settings to best serve client needs. FSC employs a professional staff of skilled clinicians who hold degrees in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling or closely related disciplines. Our clinicians join clients in identifying solutions to meet and respond to life's challenges. FSC's programs include the Individual and Family Program, the Juvenile Justice/Oasis Program, the STAR Program, the Community Support Services Program, Prevention and Outreach Services, and Victim Support Services.

Welcome, I’m glad you’re here. Exploring options for counseling is a major step toward positive change in your life. Be encouraged that your journey to healing has begun, and you can finally work on the hurtful issues that are causing you pain. Life is hard, but it doesn’t have to be a constant state of pain and chaos. Counseling provides you with a safe place to explore your feelings and move on from past challenges and develop the life you truly want and deserve. A life worth celebrating!

Everybody experiences times in their lives that are more difficult than others. Major life events, past traumas, or just feeling lost and seeking answers to help decide what path to follow. Unresolved issues may lead to depression, anxiety, anger, or just confusion. I believe that everyone can have the life that they want. Sometimes it is as simple as acquiring the tools needed to build a life that includes understanding, insight, acceptance, control, and wellness. Working as a team, we identify issues that are causing disruptions in your life and together set a course of action.

If you are struggling to love yourself and others, seeking guidance is a great place to start. I am dedicated to helping adult individuals nurture and grow their inner resources for healing, happiness, and peace. My aim is to work collaboratively with you to restore your innate capacity for greater resilience and connection. I deeply believe in the wisdom of mind-body-spirit and the brain's natural healing processes, and trust that those are driving each of you, in the context of your relationship with me and/or with your family, to seek wholeness and vitality.

Are you struggling in your relationship(s)? Do you feel discouraged? Have you experienced a recent loss? Do you feel stuck? As an Individual, Couples and Family Therapist, I utilize evidence-based theories to assist in the journey of healing. Speciality training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Therapy, CBT and Solution Focused Therapy. I am also a Family Mediator, Parent Coordinator and Parenting Facilitator assigned by family courts in Texas.

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor currently working with Transitional Life Counseling and Consultation. I specialize in helping individuals and their families transition through life changes aiding them in discovering and achieving their goals whether that is out of depression, marital discord, grief, chemical dependency or adjustment to a new life role.. I am also a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor and have worked with that population for 25+ years.

I am making changes to my practice. Effective immediately, I am no longer be accepting counseling clients. Instead, I will be exclusively focusing on providing life and spiritual coaching services. Please note that insurance plans do not cover coaching services. Therefore, if you wish to work with me for life and spiritual coaching, it will be on a self-pay basis. I believe in the value and benefits of coaching, and I am committed to providing you with a transformative and fulfilling experience. I also offer Access Bars (AB).

Are you in need of a more satisfying life? Perhaps you feel like there is no way out of your situation. Do you need freedom from symptoms like anxiety, panic, depression and up-and-down moods? These can impact your relationships, work, school, sobriety, self-worth and your overall life experience. You may be dealing with issues with your identity as LGBTQIA+. You would like a strong sense of self and pride in who you are yet you are met with challenges. Perhaps your difficult experience is anger and rage and this has affected your relationships and communication. Perhaps you find it difficult to remain sober.

I have 9 years of experience working with clients (Couples, Individuals & Families) dealing with a variety of issues, from all different cultural, ethnic, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds. If you are having relationship issues, Thinking about Divorce or preparing for Marriage, let’s talk about it first. I have extensive training working with couples to help manage conflict. I take into consideration your culture and unique situation while exploring possibilities to reaching your goals. Our therapeutic experience will be a conversation; not just me telling you what to do, because you know yourself better than anyone else.

I have a genuine love for people. I believe in helping people to find their voice, while empowering them to see the strengths they already have inside. I have special experience with LGBTQ, including transgender and non-binary people, domestic/sexual violence, hospice, depression, anxiety, self-harm, hoarding, depression, bipolar, personality disorders, and depression.

Therapy is often a difficult and personal journey that one enters for a variety of reasons. It provides an emotionally safe place for people to address and process life experiences while also offering valuable insight and perspective throughout their recovery.

Sometimes, we face important life choices, and we're just not sure how to proceed. Sometimes, life is difficult and we're not sure how to cope. In some cases, the difficulties are more extensive, and a person develops a mood (or anxiety, or some other), disorder, for which therapy is needed. Regardless of where one may fall on the continuum of need, there is a good chance that you can improve your situation.

“Being able to feel safe with other people is probably the single most important aspect of mental health; safe connections are fundamental to meaningful and satisfying lives.” – Bessel van der Kolk Over my 8 years of practice, I have had the opportunity to work in a variety of clinical settings providing therapy to both adolescents and adults. I specialize in treating interpersonal trauma along with a wide range of mental health issues including but not limited to PTSD/C-PTSD, anxiety, and depression.

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do With Your one wild and precious life? " - from Mary Oliver's The Summer Day Tammy S. Fountain, M.A., LPC-S is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor who has provided services to people of all ages in the Galveston-Houston area for over two decades. She has worked with children, adolescents and adults with emotional, physical and spiritual struggles at inpatient and outpatient facilities, including Shriners' Burns Hospital, UTMB Children's Hospital, The Menninger Clinic's Professionals in Crisis Program, Teen and Family Services (addictions), Art Bridge Houston and in a private practice.

CREATE CHANGE TODAY! Offering therapy services to INDIVIDUALS, Couples and Families are also accommodated. Located in a safe, discreet, comfortable setting in downtown Galveston TX. To create change, we must be willing to consider how our lives can be different and then think, feel, and act in ways that are different. As a therapist, I seek to collaborate with my clients in creating therapeutic relationships aimed at understanding how our lives are continuously shaped by change and how we can in turn influence the process of change through dialogue and communication.