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MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INCLUDING
Therapy
- Therapy is offered on a cash basis for Texas residents only. At this time, I provide therapy only in an individual format for adults aged 18 and over. All intake documents and all assessments must be completed, and payment must be made prior to the first session. If you have questions about the therapy, you may schedule one free 15-minute consultation prior to completing the forms.
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Clinical Supervision
- Clinical Supervision is provided for Texas Licensed Professional Counselor Associates. Malpractice insurance is required. If you are new, please upload your resume and schedule a free interview session. Please review the contract and supervisory agreement in advance. If you have been interviewed and completed the contract, supervisory agreement form, and the fee agreement, you may schedule your session.
Consultation
- Consultation is provided for clients, attorneys, and prosecutors who are interested in expert testimony or general information on abuse or trauma, divorce, custody, or protective orders as it might relate to an upcoming case. Sessions are charged on a quarter hour basis and must be paid in advance.
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Expert Testimony
- If you have already had a consultation with me or previously used my expert services, please schedule the expected date and time for testimony. Please include any expected waiting time when scheduling. A two-week notice is essential so that I can make my schedule available. Please complete the fee agreement and make payment in advance unless other arrangements have been made.
- Virtual testimony is offered outside of Fort Bend County
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As defined in a Google search, “counseling is the provision of assistance and guidance in resolving personal, social, or psychological problems and difficulties especially, by a professional.” According to the American Counseling Association, it is “a collaborative effort between the counselor and client to help identify goals and potential solutions to problems which cause emotional turmoil; seek to improve communication and coping skills; strengthen self-esteem; and promote behavior change and optimal mental health.
Counseling and therapy are often used interchangeably. Some people consider counseling to be more focused on a single issue and more short-term in duration whereas therapy, also known as psychotherapy, is often focused on a broader and more complex exploration of your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors as they relate to how you view, are motivated, and function in the world.
The word crazy is often associated with a negative or derogatory state of mind in which people have very bizarre beliefs and behaviors. In the psychology world, this would be more accurately labeled as psychotic. Another way to look at it would be to say that when people are psychotic, they are out of touch with reality. Most mental illness do not involve psychosis. Likewise, most people who seek and participate in counseling are not psychotic. While some people who attend counseling do have mental illnesses, such as depression or anxiety, they are very much in touch with reality. Others who receive counseling do not have any mental illnesses but are simply seeking help with relationships, grief, careers, or other common problems of daily living.
