Trauma Focused Therapists in Garden Ridge, TX

Hello! I'm Jacy Palmitier and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor. I've spent the last 6 years working with children ages 3 to 17 and their families. I've helped countless families learn how to manage unexpected life events, challenges, and transitions. My goal as a counselor is to provide you with a safe place to explore, reflect, and learn. I want to help you explore any current issues you are facing, reflect on your feelings and thoughts, and learn how to effectively cope with any distress you are experiencing.

I am a licensed Professional Counselor, certified in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT). I have experience counseling children, adolescents, and young adults dealing with multiple issues including ADHD, anxiety, behavioral issues, depression, grief, trauma, and many other childhood issues. I have extensive training in Play Therapy and TraumaPlay Therapy.

Through life’s experiences, I have learned that our pain is never wasted and identify as a wounded healer whose purpose is to live out Isaiah 61:1-3. I seek to connect with my clients in a compassionate way to work collaboratively in the counseling process. I work with women, young adults, couples, families, children, and adolescents. I am passionate about helping children and teenagers express their emotions and understand their own mental health. I understand that it is important to work with the family system as well and incorporate parents and caregivers in the process as needed.

Veterans, First Responders, Medical and Flight professionals, Civilian Trauma Survivors, Sexual Assault & Abuse Survivors...I am here for you. Are you experiencing: PTSD, anxiety, anger, irritation, panic attacks, nightmares, cannot go where you used to go, using drugs and alcohol to cope, fighting with your significant other, feeling guilty or shameful? Are you carrying secrets that you think nobody will understand? Have you lost yourself or your purpose? Are you isolating from friends/family, or experience self-loathing? You are not crazy or damaged...you have experienced trauma and I can help you.

Welcome are those whose sense of safety and joy of living are hijacked by trauma. If you find yourself struggling and exhausted, hiding your pain and feeling alone, WITH ME YOU WILL FIND HELP. For the last ten years I’ve helped people to regain life balance, self-compassion and reclaim their lives from the grips of trauma. An Air Force veteran and trauma clinician, I’m keenly attuned to the unique needs of military members, first responders, helping professionals, crime survivors, and how exposure to trauma can affect their well-being.

Are you worried about a child who is struggling with the challenges that come with facing the adolescent years? Are you a teen or young adult scared and seeking help to overcome the obstacles you are facing at school or at home? Are you in college and in need of support during these transitional years? If so, please allow me the opportunity to help! The developmental years in school offer many challenges and with my experience of over 10 years in the school setting, I can help develop an individualized treatment plan to incorporate tools and strategies to make this journey smoother.

Your PEACE doesn't have to be limited. The devastation of betrayal, abandonment, divorce, disease, or death can change you instantly. Perhaps resentment, depression and anxiety are interfering with the quality of your life. Is ADDICTION keeping you in bondage? Trauma keeping you from experiencing life? If anything is preventing you from getting to a healthy place, maybe it's time to examine what your next steps will be. Don't allow fear, work, and life's hustle to keep you from having peace. FIND PEACE REGARDLESS OF YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES. Life can get better!

I would like to congratulate you for taking the first step into slowly making yourself a priority. Looking for a therapist is not an easy step to take however, you are here now. I would like to share with you a bit about me I am a bilingual. My specialties are primarily on addictions, co-occurring disorders and codependency. I have worked in the past with mental health disorders such as Depression, Generalized Anxiety, Bipolar and Schizophrenia. I have recently also started to work with trauma. As a therapist I have learned that mental health is beautiful piece of art made of many different elements and details.

I have been working alongside people on their path to healing for almost ten years, and I have found that by meeting people exactly where they are at and for who they truly are, the healing can be both rewarding and groundbreaking. I am a licensed clinical social worker with a Master's in social work from the University of Texas at San Antonio. I am a US Army combat veteran and a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community. I am a trauma-informed, patient-centered therapist, trained in cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy, and I also utilize trauma-centered and mindfulness approaches.

I feel privileged & blessed to witness clients' change processes. I seek to use therapy modalities that work best for individualized client care, & I am grateful to serve in settings that align perfectly with my beliefs in achieving recovery. I am humbled to witness the healing that occurs in therapy where there was previously confusion, pain, & hopelessness. It is my life's passion to support & encourage others.

Our group of clinicians work with a diverse group of clients at different stages in life-- specifically adolescence to older adulthood (age 12 and up.) Collectively we offer decades of experience and assistance with individuals who struggle with anxiety, depression, life stress, grief, body image and weight, and negative symptoms related to trauma. We utilize a variety of theories and techniques to help clients identify challenges and work through barriers that prevent optimal mental and emotional health.