Couples Counseling Therapists in Dallas, TX

I believe that my role is to help you harness your inner knowledge and strength so that you can be the best version of yourself possible. Since my goal is to create an individualized counseling experience, I take an eclectic approach, drawing from different schools of thought when working with my clients. Some of my areas of expertise include: anxiety, depression, play therapy, parenting, trauma, domestic abuse, communication skills building, acculturation issues, anger management, stress management, personal growth, and self-esteem building.

Welcome to the first step towards finding your best and healthiest self! It Is my goal to help you create a space where you feel safe to explore those challenging feelings, thoughts, stressors, and triggers in an effort to show up to the life you deserve! Each time you step into my office it becomes Your Room and I am the visitor. I believe in taking a holistic wellness approach to therapy in an effort to personalize each clients therapy experience. I hope to build a therapeutic rapport where I am able to be authentically myself allowing each client to do the same.

Are you exhausted? Are you trying to decide between calling me or calling a divorce lawyer? You desperately want things to get better, but it seems like no matter what you do relief seems impossible because the goal posts keep moving. Not only do I hear you, but as a nineteen year husband, I know the ups, downs, and hopelessly dark places marriage can leave us in. I've never met anyone who wants a divorce. What they want is for life to get easier and the pain to stop.

As a Marriage and Family Therapist licensed in Texas and Oklahoma, I offer in-person sessions from my office in North Dallas and virtual sessions to those throughout Texas and Oklahoma. My passion lies in empowering individuals, couples, and families to excel in their lives and cultivate healthy, fulfilling relationships. I encourage clients to explore their challenges, uncover their strengths, and instigate positive transformations.

Have you ever felt like the walls were closing in on you and you are trapped within your own thoughts? Suffocating on your own air, not sure of which direction to go and constantly boggled down between the “should’s” and “shouldnt’s” in life? Who exactly determines what is the best choice to make? How can you build your OWN self-esteem while communicating your needs to others? Don’t have the answers? If not, I am here to help! There is no perfect rule book in life.

Hi! I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas. I received my Masters from Walden University and have been practicing for three years. I am currently in a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision program at Walden University. I assist individuals, couples, and families identify and overcome challenges that life may bring them. I have experience working with individuals who experience anxiety and depression and its becoming a struggle for them to maintain functioning.

A healthy marriage is somewhat like a road map...we need specific goals, skills, and encouragement to achieve our goal of being married to your Best Friend! I want to help build that "marriage map" by casting the vision of a connected relationship, providing communication skills based on research, and when "off course", how to repair effectively!

Counseling can be a very personal journey. A supportive, comfortable and professional therapeutic relationship with a counselor is important to positive outcomes. Clients can expect a collaborative, non-judgemental and accepting experience as they are supported towards change.

Individuals dealing with relationship issues, adult life-span problems, women's health issues, individuals coping with conflict, depression, and anxiety are my specialties. Providing mindfulness education and burnout prevention for physicians at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, developing women's mental health programs at Baylor University Medical Center, and teaching executive coaching and organizational behavior at UT Dallas and Southern Methodist University are my long-term commitments.

I am a licensed psychologist who has worked with mental health disorders in settings such as residential substance abuse treatment centers, community mental health, intimate partner violence shelters, and private practice. My areas of interest include healthy relationships, intimate partner violence, sexual assault, depression, anxiety, grief, and trauma. I am currently conducting therapy with adolescents, adults, and couples.

I believe that we are all unique and have the power and ability to make effective change in our lives. It is with this empathetic and non-judgmental approach that I assist clients to discover their own solutions for therapeutic healing.

I help people with depression and anxiety feel better and make life changes through evidence based treatments, such as psychodynamics, CBT and interpersonal psychotherapy. Each individual's course of depression and anxiety is unique, so I approach each treatment plan with the time and care that it needs. I focus on helping clients notice strengths, feel less alone, and improve relationships.

Sometimes we need to be heard without judgment. Sometimes we need to make sense of pain in our past to make living in the present a little less difficult. Whatever your need, I hope to provide you with the opportunity for increased growth, connection, and restoration. I am committed to empowering clients as they deal with concerns such as self-esteem, perfectionism, relationship difficulties, spirituality, life transitions, and anxiety. I also enjoy working with young couples preparing for marriage as well as helping couples of all ages navigate the intricacies of communication, intimacy, connection, and a satisfying relationship.

A therapist can be helpful in times of transition, or when it is time to put some deep thought into why you may be feeling stuck, in a bad relationship or depressed. Our world is a complicated place with external influences adding confusion to our choices. We may invest a great deal of time and money in many things, but we neglect our inner world. Yet our inner world affects all of our decision making. Therapy can help us discover our true, often neglected selves. I offer both psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. I am a graduate of the Dallas Psychoanalytic Center, Psychoanalytic training. I have additional training in alcoholism.

I work with adolescents and adults who are struggling with severe anxiety and depression, disordered eating, life transitions, and trauma. I help clients move from feelings of guilt, shame, and loneliness, to feeling confident, self-assured, able to access grace for themselves while engaging in a more fulfilling life. I enjoy working with new and expecting moms in the pre and postnatal stages and I specialize in working with couples with parenting concerns, high conflict, infidelity, and sexual issues/concerns.

Life is challenging and at times may feel overwhelming. Perhaps you’ve recently been struggling with anxiety, grief, sadness, or depression. Maybe old issues, you thought you had left behind, have been resurfacing and interfering with your peace of mind and ability to manage your emotions. Seeking recovery and freedom from past or current trauma is a courageous endeavor. You deserve a respectful, judgment-free, supportive and, most importantly, safe place, where you can begin your journey to healing and peace; where you will learn to trust and feel safe to be you again.

I work with individuals, couples, college students and professionals to provide a place to talk privately and develop a partnership that encourages change. Feel free to reach out to discuss your case specifically.

Being a human is hard. Therapy and finding a good fit in a counselor is hard. You deserve a space that recognizes your unique story, journey, and needs. My counseling is holistic, compassion-focused, trauma-informed, and attachment based. I believe gaining trust for yourself and for your cultivated relationships is a stop on the path towards wellness. Showing up to counseling takes strength, so I trust your feedback in session. I love forming a strong, safe therapeutic relationship with clients that is full of authenticity.

Welcome. I am Dr. Nikita Tate-Casanova, Ph.D. and a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) working with individuals, couples, and families across the lifespan. I am committed to caring for the whole individual and family including spiritual, emotional, and physical health in ways that are suited to each individual. I work with clients struggling with past and present trauma, anxiety, depression, spiritual concerns, couple conflict, mood disorders, cultural and ethnic issues, blended family issues, grief and end-of-life issues, phobias, and OCD.