Therapists in Houston, TX

Are you facing difficulties in your life that feels impossible to navigate on your own? Are you needing additional support adjusting to change? You're not alone. My goal is to bring a loving, warm, and non-judgmental presence to the counseling room to help clients gain awareness about themselves and their relationships to make effective change. My eclectic and person-centered approach allows me to cater to the individual needs of my clients. I gravitate towards using CBT, mindfulness, experiential, Gottman, attachment based approaches. In counseling, I want to help support you in living a life that feels happy and fulfilling to you!

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and currently pursuing a Registered Play Therapist (RPT) credential. I hold a Master of Arts Degree in Clinical Mental Health with a specialization in Play Therapy from Sam Houston State University. I specialize in trauma treatment with children, adolescents, and adults, utilizing a variety of techniques and theoretical orientations, such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), child centered play therapy (CCPT), sand tray therapy, and a variety of evidenced based approaches.

Do you feel that you are riding the waves of life alone? Storms are part of life, and they can be exhausting. Often stress and difficult situations can leave you feeling lost, not knowing where to start. However, you can learn how to weather life's storms. There is hope. My passion and mission is to offer a warm, safe, culturally sensitive space to help you through those hard times. I believe in helping people who are facing rough times to recognize their resilience and grow from personal difficulties.

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Marriage Family Therapist, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT), Certified Clinical Partner Specialist (CCPS), EMDR +. When people have experienced abandonment and rejection from early in life to adulthood, it can create heartbreak and betrayal like no other. If you tend to get into destructive relationships where you end up hurt or end up hurting others, the grief, despair, and shame can be debilitating and overwhelming. It will be hard to show up in your relationships and be present. There will be struggles with relationships, with work, with children, and financial issues.

My mission is to help individuals heal, energize, and become aware of their inner strengths. This is achieved by providing a neutral safe space, listening to your concerns, and customizing a treatment plan specific to your needs. I promise to be there for you every step of your journey. My goal is to help you grow from your struggles, heal from your pain, and move forward to where you want to be in your life. 

Therapy gives us an opportunity to look at the problem areas in our lives in a safe and non-judgmental environment so that we can find ways to make the changes we desire. As a licensed professional counselor (# 80595) with over 8 years of experience working with individuals, couples and families, I help manage the feelings associated with life's struggles; recognize, understand, and change self-defeating patterns; heal past pain; discover and foster inner strength; and learn new ways to cope that allow a person to get what they want and feel good about themselves.

I am a Licensed MFT who supports young adults, millennials, families, and groups of friends invested in personal growth and developing stronger interpersonal relationships. I help clients figure out how they became the person who... is good at making new friends but has a hard time keeping them, is hard on themselves and and has a strong inner critic, never feels happy or satisfied with their accomplishments, struggles to say no to others and REALLY dislikes conflict, feels unhappy in their body and can’t seem to get a grasp on their relationship with food, and those who desperately want to parent differently but don't know how.

Are you feeling sad, angry, anxious or otherwise just not yourself? Have you noticed that you are spending less time with family and friends? Have people around you shared concerns regarding your anger, moods, drinking or substance use? If any of these things have brought you to the place of considering therapy, you have made a hard but courageous choice! Making changes to your life can be difficult and scary. By choosing to make these changes with a therapist, you are choosing someone to support and guide you on this journey.

Finding the right match between client and therapist is the most critical factor in achieving a positive treatment outcome. It takes a great amount of trust to form a therapeutic relationship. Compassion coupled with confronting unhealthy coping that one may not be aware of are keys to lasting change. My clients often report feeling not only understood, but also helped in understanding their struggles from another perspective. Together we explore unhelpful patterns while practicing healthier ways of being. Clients know my level of sincerity, knowledge and dedication fairly quickly as I believe genuineness is essential to good treatment outcomes.

Are you feeling stressed and overwhelmed? Do you desire more fulfilling relationships? Are you looking for ways to take care of yourself from the inside out? We can work together to create healthy boundaries, find a better balance, establish more effective coping skills, and develop more meaningful relationships.

Currently limited evening appointments availability! You can’t really figure out when things changed and you wonder when you will feel better again. You've tried to make changes; you've read the books, talked with trusted friends and have tried the whole self-care-spa-day or game-day-with-your-best-buddy thing more times than you can count. Nothing seems to make a difference. You know it's time to get real help. I am here for you, to help you make the changes you need to feel happy and fulfilled with your life again!

I use a bottom-up approach that recognizes the fact that trauma fractures the connection between the mind, and body have, so reconnecting them is important in the healing process. I understand the impact that the therapist-client bond, has on the experience and success of therapy and prioritizes creating a secure and healthy bond with my clients.

Do you feel stuck? Are you tired of working so hard and feeling like nothing ever changes? As human beings, we are creatures of habit. The way we think, reason and relate are based on patterns that have developed throughout our lives. If you continue to think - alone - about your struggles, you'll likely remain stuck in the same patterns. As human beings, we are also relational creatures. We learn about ourselves when we are in relationships with others. It is essential for any person's growth and development to think - with - another person.

I work with individuals who are 13 years and older as well as couples and families. I specialize in working with individuals seeking help for an eating disorder or those dealing with grief and/or bereavement. I also enjoy working with females who are in their late teens or early twenties struggling with life transitions. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) as well as a Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in the state of Texas. My general office hours are Monday through Thursday from 9am to 4pm (Occasional Friday appt. available).

Have you been told you have a strong-willed child? A child that expresses their emotions in a big way that creates challenges. Behavior is the underlying means of communication in children. My passion is helping children and families learn effective ways to communicate their natural big feelings in healthy and positive way. Through play and talk, I work to connect and understand each child’s behavior and together we work to learn skills and techniques to equip children and families during life’s more challenging moments.

My passion is helping people who struggle in their daily lives with anxiety, anger, depression and PTSD. These can all be overwhelming and can make someone feel left out. Often, they can make someone believe they are not capable of living a normal life. Many feelings and actions thrive from these struggles and some of the struggles can have serious consequences on your life and future.

Are you feeling anxious? Having trouble sleeping? Are you having problems socializing with other humans? You can and deserve to feel better. You are probably more "normal" than you think you are.