I take a whole body approach to health and illness with a focus on how the mind influences the body just as the body influences the mind. Anxiety, depression, and stress can impact health and exacerbate chronic pain, heart disease, insomnia, and other medical problems. However, addressing the emotional aspects of medical conditions can improve quality of life and physical health. Also, psychological principles can help enhance wellness and lead to lasting behavioral changes. As a health psychologist, I can help you emotionally cope with medical conditions, make healthy lifestyle choices, and learn skills to move forward with your life.

Life challenges can be complex, oppressive and limiting. Circumstances can stack and compound to birth seemingly insurmountable difficulties. No matter your experience, it's never too late or beyond hope. Upon entering therapy, you will be assured of a safe, non-judgmental, compassionate, genuine and realistic environment. We will ease your distress through use of effective research-supported interventions, addressing perplexities and hardships impacting your mind, body and spirit. Targeting past, present and future adversities, we will work to actualize healthy self-esteem and life wholeness, hope, meaning, purpose and freedom.

Healthy relationships promote happiness, security, success, and even physical health! Moreover, healthy relationships lay the foundation for future relationships, so how you interact with your spouse and your child will impact your child's future relationships. I work with both families and couples on improving their relationships by building trust and open communication. Much of my work has been with families with children or teenagers. I also have experience helping families deal with various illnesses in collaboration with doctors and psychiatrists. I also work with individuals to reduce stress and improve confidence.

My dream is to see my clients discover their purpose, restore their identity, and heal from past pain. Over the past 6 years, the coaching and care I’ve provided to my clients has impacted their lives, their family systems, and their future. As a life coach and mental health counselor, my goal is to help people shift from living in pain to embracing wholeness and purpose. I counsel and coach from an authentic, yet nurturing perspective. I keep it real and help propel you to greatness through connection and individualization. I use my diverse legal, theological, and mental health background to help my people go from hurt to whole.

Many individuals suffer under the heaviness of their anger, sadness, fear, and pain; others battle to feel anything at all. Our self-esteem, relationships, or work can suffer when early cognitive, emotional, and behavioral patterns are applied to new situations. Although it may be intimidating, exploring your thoughts, feelings, and experiences within the context of a safe therapeutic relationship can increase your awareness and perception of control over your internal world. Throughout the therapeutic process, you will find your strength, resilience, purpose, and, ultimately, your freedom to shape your external world more effective

Life can give us some mountains to climb, and sometimes we need help to guide through those mountains. We as counselors may not have all the answers for your current problems, but we can definitely tell you that you are not alone in the human experience. As a therapist, I can help you pave your way towards healing and wholeness. We can use a person centered approach to your life and see what works for you.

Life is hard. Relationships, loss, trauma, mental and/or physical illness. My goal is to provide a safe place for you to explore whatever is making life difficult for you, to help you make decisions to enhance and improve the quality of your life. Individuals, couples, families, from adolescence to senior adulthood, all cultures, races, religions, sexual orientation; those struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, addiction, grief, loss, relationship issues; military families dealing with deployment or reintegration issues, to strengthen relationships and adjust to the changes faced; as a cancer survivor, dealing with acute and chronic illness.

WOMEN ONLY. My focus is empowering women of all ages by unlocking and finding their own inner strengths and awareness by overcoming self-doubt, stress, numbness, relationship issues, shame, guilt, grief, trauma, emotional/narcissistic/psychological abuse recovery, infertility issues, and reproductive loss. This is your time to heal. This is your time to shed off the mask and rediscover or finally find yourself. Schedule your first appointment today at visit www.gingerstorygcounseling.com. **Telehealth, Evening and weekend appointments available. Is the drive too far? Too much traffic? Consider my telehealth option on my website!

I strive to create a caring, compassionate, understanding, and supportive environment where you can feel safe and comfortable enough to discuss your important issues. I deeply respect you and your inner resources and ability to move towards growth and wholeness. My goal is to help you mobilize your hidden strengths while affirming your ability to grow using a custom tailored approach that will best fit your needs and help you reach your goals. During our initial sessions we will work together to create a treatment plan and set goals for therapy.

My passion is to identify the root cause of distress and resolve those issues that may be preventing you from experiencing life fully. I provide counseling services for adults experiencing a crisis, recent trauma, or on-going distress, while others may seek personal growth and development. Treatment is customized to meet your individual goals and unique needs.

Dr. Nazempoor, with his dynamic and well rounded leadership skills in working with individuals, couples, families, and business owners, is a well known and respected psychotherapist and personal coach in the DFW metropolitan area. During the past 21 years he has helped 1000s of people to reach their goals in the areas of love-relationship, self-worth, and achievement. He is an author of many articles as well as a lecturer. Through a detailed evaluation of each client, he designs a plan of action meeting needs of each person or couple. He also works with individuals from different racial and cultural backrounds

Most of us can easily think of the obvious benefits to counseling but a mental/emotional investment is required to reap those benefits. Unfortunately there is no magic wand or magic pill and as a therapist I cannot "fix" anyone. But...I can teach you how to use your thoughts for your success rather than your destruction. I can show you how your thoughts can be used as the steering wheel of your emotions and behavior. I can help you acquire and employ cognitive and behavioral strategies that will facilitate better communication and improve the relationship with yourself and others.

Do you need someone to talk to? Are you looking for a change in your life? It would be an honor to speak with you about your counseling and/or ADD/ADHD Testing needs.

I specialize in seeing individuals who are dealing with the following issues: depression and anxiety, Bipolar disorders, relationship issues, childhood sexual abuse/trauma, career transitions, unplanned pregnancy, grief and loss, and behavioral problems. I have training in Biblical studies (a one year certificate in Bible and Ministry) which provides a foundation for Biblically-based counseling. I do treat clients who express a non-spiritual focus.

Lauren’s excitement lies in helping individuals and couples alike to shift out of the old and into the new. She sees that everyone coming into counseling has a valuable set of goals to be addressed and uses an eclectic approach tailored to begin the process of change. Lauren’s experience includes working with adults, adolescents, and professionals from many backgrounds including aviation, nursing, law, and medicine.

My main focus is trauma and PTSD. My secondary focus is on Narcissistic Personality Disorder and the resulting issues such as Narcissistic Abuse Syndrome and Parental Alienation. I also do a lot of work with addictions, depression, abuse (of all kinds) and marital counseling. These are often tied to my two main focuses. I have a lot of experience working with military personnel and veterans.

Carl Rogers once said, "When a person realizes he has been deeply heard, his eyes moisten. I think in some real sense he is weeping for joy. It is as though he were saying, "Thank God, somebody heard me. Someone knows what it's like to be me." We all experience times in our lives where we just need to be heard, to be validated, to find some direction. It is my belief that a therapeutic relationship with a genuine therapist who provides an authentic, nonjudgmental, safe environment is the most important factor for growth and positive outcomes.

MY GOAL: to promote mental, physical, & spiritual health for people at each developmental phase of life. Your struggles might include mood disorder or inefficient brain function. My broad-range experience: studied at Ohio State University under top-ranked professors in Counseling Psychology and brain injury. RESIDENCIES: Minneapolis VA hospital; Ohio State's brain injury rehab unit. 17+ years inpatient rehab neuropsychology experience at Baylor Rehab Dallas, Pate Rehab. 1990-95: Christian counseling & neuropsychology at Minirth-Meier Clinic. Adjunct Professor: LPC-level Counseling degree program at Dallas Theological Seminary.