Here’s how I help
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Counseling Sessions
Counseling sessions are 50 minutes each and can be one-on-one or group sessions.
Therapeutic approaches include: EMDR, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), & Mindfulness-Based Therapy, Behavioral Parent Training (Emotional and Behavioral Training for children with Parenting Toolkit to support development of skills.
Psychological Testing and Evaluation, Assessments for school accommodation needs, 504 accommodation requests.
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Individual Intensive
1.5 - 3 hour intensive EMDR Therapy:
Process recent or ongoing stress and traumatic experiences one on one. Includes 2 sessions of history taking and planning individual needs, and 2 or more sessions of EMDR therapy, somatic experience processing, mindfulness meditation, and adaptive coping techniques.
In-person therapy sessions may include experiential EMDR nature walks.
Virtual sessions are held on a HIPAA compliant video platform.
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Group Workshop
Half or full day workshops available for groups. Process recent or ongoing stress and traumatic experiences in a group setting. Includes somatic experience processing, mindfulness meditation, and adaptive coping techniques.
In-person workshops can be held in my office, or in a classroom, business, or studio room that allows for quiet and privacy.
Virtual Workshops are held on a HIPAA compliant video platform.
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Payment Options
Cash, Check, Zelle, and Venmo are preferred.
Credit card, debit cards, Health Savings Account (HSA), and Flex Spending Account (FSA) cards may be used and will incur a 3.5% processing fee.
Aetna Insurance is accepted. For other insurance companies: Check with your insurance provider to ask if they will reimburse you for your sessions.
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Fees
Individual therapy is $150 per 50 minutes. Couples therapy is $200 per 50 minutes.
Please inquire for specific fee information for the following services:
Group therapy
Wellness EMDR Workshops
Assessments and accommodations requests
Intensive Counseling and Trauma Therapy
Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) can be highly effective in clearing specific memories, sensations, traumatic symptoms, and instills a sense of confidence as you face any situation that would have previously triggered unwanted emotions.
EMDR intensives range from 1.5 to 3 hours and allows the processing and healing to occur in as little as one day. While talk therapy has endless benefits, major stress and trauma needs to be remedied as quickly and efficiently as possible. Many clients prefer the intensive approach over meeting for one hour each week, unpacking/repacking emotions, and gaining improvement a little at a time.
Telehealth video sessions are available via a HIPAA compliant platform. In-person sessions and workshops are located in a private practice in League City.
Ways EMDR can help:
Combat irrational fears and develop strength to persevere through ongoing stress (medical issues, sleep problems, pain, mental health, recurrent trauma, sensory sensitivity, hurricanes, etc.)
Desensitize traumatic memories, decrease triggers, gain confidence in sense of strength, security, and worthiness
Concerns that EMDR can help with:
Trauma Related Issues/Past and Recent Trauma, Ongoing Stress, Pain/Suffering, Nightmares, Anticipation Stress (Academic, Athletic, and Social Anxiety), Grief/Loss, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Behavioral Issues, Academic Difficulty, Anxiety, Depression, Body Image, Social Skills, Personality Disorder
If you can recall a time when you felt deeply unsafe or helpless, this is a traumatic memory possibly affecting your thoughts, emotions, bodily sensations, and holding you back in some way from living a life of freedom and authenticity. Your traumatic experience may have been many years ago, very recent, or a result of ongoing stress. You’ve likely been in fight or flight since March 2020 because living in a pandemic is traumatic ongoing stress.
Intensive sessions are available for individuals or groups
Intensive sessions and workshops are available for telehealth (video) and in person sessions. For individual workshops, approximately 1-2 90-minute sessions are booked for taking information and discovery of needs. An additional 2 sessions (minimum) are booked to conduct the EMDR processing of memories and/or disturbances.
For groups, approximately 1-2 hours are spent in EMDR processing using art expression (without verbalizing personal disturbances or memories). 2 hours are spent in somatic experiencing techniques, which allows the release of any trauma being held in the physical body. 2 additional hours are spent developing adaptive coping techniques.
**You do not need any creative skills for this process to be effective**
Reprocess * Adapt * Overcome
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Reprocess * Adapt * Overcome ❁
The last 7+ years in a nutshell…
I’ve had to give a temporary goodbye to both of my parents; mom became severely ill and passed within 5 days and dad suffered greatly from acute leukemia for 5 weeks. Afterward, my personal counselor processed the most painful parts of the event with me using EMDR and although grief is a long and unique journey for each of us, EMDR gave me great relief and the ability to move forward in my life. I began training in EMDR for trauma, recent events, and ongoing stress for individuals and groups. My hope is to provide healing insights and resurface beliefs of the worthiness we each are born with to feel loved, happy, and enjoy life.
Licensure & Education
Licensed Texas Professional Counselor
University of Houston-Clear Lake alumni (Go Coogs!!)
Bachelor of Science in Psychology
Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology
Student clinician at the UHCL Psychological Services Clinic
Student Clinician at Shriner’s Burns Hospital for Children
“Changing the memories that form the way we see ourselves also changes the way we view others. Therefore, our relationships, job performance, what we are willing to do or are able to resist, all move in a positive direction.”
—Francine Shapiro