Our Team

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Licensed Professional Counselor

Greetings! I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with about 5 years of experience. I have a Bachelor of Science degree from the UH- Downtown in Psychology and a Master of Education degree from UH-Victoria @ Katy, a fully accredited clinical counseling program. 

I enjoy working with adults, couples, and teens. I have provided therapy in a number of settings including inpatient and outpatient treatment clinics. I apply a person-centered approach to care that educates clients on practical ways to enhance awareness, promote wellness, and regain control of their life. I also want to impart skills that can assist one in accepting the circumstances in life that are out of their control.  

My personal aim is to form a therapeutic alliance with my client where we address relationship dynamics, triggers to mood and thought disturbances, identity issues, difficult life transitions, women’s issues, and men’s issues. I deeply value and respect individual diversity. I seek to build strong relationships with my clients where they feel safe to be their authentic self.

Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor

Licensed Professional Counselor Associate

I am glad you are taking these brave steps to explore personal growth or seeking clarity for things that don't feel quite right. I am honored and take great pride that you have allowed me to be a part of your journey. I have a Master of Counseling Psychology from Texas A&M International University. I have experience working with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. I guide individuals through minor to major lifestyle adjustments, relationship struggles to severe mood, depression and anxiety disorders. I have experience assessing, diagnosing and treating addiction, substance abuse, crisis management, and trauma.

I am passionate about working with couples to help process any past hurts and learn to become more vulnerable through an attachment approach, which involves exploring past and current relationship dynamics to identify patterns that help build understanding and acceptance within the relationship.

I have experience working with individual clients on anxiety, depression, trauma, and life challenges. I utilize a holistic approach with incorporated concepts of Cognitive Behavior Therapy. People should be validated, connected, and made to feel significant. I also believe each person has what it takes to overcome their hurts to live the best life possible. I am fluent in English and Spanish. 

Licensed Psychotherapist

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with 18 years of experience in the mental health and social services fields. I received my undergraduate degree from The University of Texas at Austin, and a graduate degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from The University of Houston, Clear Lake. I am currently completing a doctoral degree from St. Mary's University in San Antonio. I have extensive experience working in different settings including psychiatric hospitals, medical facilities, community health centers, pediatric clinics, schools, and residential treatment centers. I offered many years to working with children and families through child protective services, rape crisis centers, shelters, neighborhood centers, and adoption centers. I am experienced in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders including PTSD, Depression, and Anxiety including the management of other symptoms that stem from family/ relationship conflict, social difficulties, poor school performance, and violence/ abuse. I am trained in Trauma Focused - Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Parent- Child Interaction, Mindfulness, Play Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, Marriage and Family Therapy, Couples Therapy and Group Therapy. I am fluent in English and Spanish.

Medical Administrative Assistant

I have gained valuable experience working as a Certified Nursing Assistant at Winchester Lodge Health Care Center and as a Medical Assistant and Phlebotomist with Affinity Medical Care. I also gained great knowledge from working with Alvin Independent School District. I currently attend Arizona State University. My skills include Direct Patient Care, Customer Service, Staff and Resident Support, Individual Plan and Goal Evaluation, Data Entry and Customer Satisfaction Inquiry and Survey Implementation. I have great critical thinking and problem solving skills. I treat everyone as an individual and give them the personalized treatment that each person deserves. I am fluent in English and Spanish. 

Office Assistant & Intake Coordinator

 Prior to The Mental Wellness and Behavioral Health Center, I was an educator at Kang Chiao International School and an administrative assistant at the University of St Thomas. During my employment at Kang Chiao International School, I collaborated with colleagues to create appropriate material for students to succeed. In addition, I wrote monthly newsletters distributed to staff and parents. As an administrative assistant at the University of St Thomas, I collaborated with the Dean and staff on administrative details and advertised different events hosted by the center.

I am a graduate of the University of St Thomas, where I majored in International Studies. When I’m not keeping busy with work, you can find me studying for a Masters in Childhood & Adolescent Developmental Psychology in hopes of becoming a School Psychologist. I am fluent in English and Spanish.