Trauma and PTSD Therapists in Maryville, IL

My name is Marjorie Garcia, I am a licensed clinical professional counselor, and I enjoy working with individuals and their families seeking help with present day or past issues that seem to be affecting their everyday life. I fully believe as a therapist using compassion and understanding can help clients gain confidence in themselves to achieve their goals. If I am a good fit as your therapist, I would like to walk alongside you on your journey for positive change to help you achieve those goals despite the current challenges you face.

I work with clients to define goals to work on in counseling, and to work to reinforce strengths clients already have within themselves and foster new strengths to help clients achieve their goals. I tailor clinical therapy approaches depending on the unique and specific needs of each individual. I have experience working with individuals struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, self-esteem issues, attachment/codependency, stress management, grief, and military/Veteran issues.

Stuff happens that affects our thoughts, emotions and behaviors. I believe your mind works fine. But a facet of your mind is causing you to respond or feel in ways that make life more difficult than it should be. This ongoing emotional distress or pain is not helping you be more effective in your life. I will help you address that 'facet of mind' to unplug the emotional pain and irrational thinking, so that your thoughts and energy are moving you towards what is valuable in your life.

Waitlist for evening appointments. I specialize in supporting those who face challenges with self-confidence often hindered by worries, emotional hurdles, and unresolved trauma. I believe in the importance of processing and resolving core issues, as these issues are often what hold us back. I have a passion for working with individuals, couples, and families who may feel "stuck" due to unresolved conflicts and core problems.

Helping others find peace, healing and empowerment is the center of my work as a therapist. Drawing from several theoretical approaches, I have helped individuals work through trauma, family conflict, relationship difficulties, and life transitions. I offer a safe place to help individuals heal past wounds, improve relationships and restore balance.

Thanks for taking time to invest in your mental health. If you are struggling with anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, borderline personality disorder, or psychosis I would love to join you on your journey to an improved wellbeing. I take a holistic approach to working with my clients and help them identify and utilize tools they already have as well as new, evidence-based interventions. I work with all ages, couples and families. I have four years experience in community mental health working with a wide range of diagnoses and populations. Feel free to explore my profile and schedule a session as I am taking new clients.

So much of what happens in life feels outside our control. Hard experiences, in childhood or more recently, can start to dominate our outlook on the future. Nothing can erase bad experiences, but my hope for all of my clients is that they are able to integrate all of their experiences, and better know themselves. By doing this, we can start to understand the foundations of our emotional upheavals and unhelpful reactions. With this information in hand, I believe, we are all best equipped to face our own unique challenges.

Asking for help can feel very intimidating especially when it comes to your mental health. My clinical focus centers around helping individuals heal and process what they are going through and what they have been through. Counseling is a safe, nonjudgemental space to start your mental health healing process.

Take your first step to wellness. I believe in providing a place of compassion and confidentiality where you can share your personal concerns and struggles. I provide assistance to help you improve on those areas that seem to be holding you from living a fulfilled and happy life. With over 20 years of experience working with children, adolescents, adults and families, I will assist you in reaching your goals for a better future.

My mission is to provide the highest quality mental health care in a compassionate and culturally sensitive way to help individuals, groups, and families achieve their personal goals. I use client-centered and evidence-based approaches to address the unique needs of my clients and work collaboratively to help each client to achieve a healthy, balanced lifestyle. I specialize in treating a variety of areas such as anxiety, depression, PTSD/ trauma, and stress management and provide services to children, adolescents, and adults. I tailor treatment to your specific needs and enjoy helping and empowering youth and young adults.

As a therapist, I strive to meet my clients where they're at and increase their self-awareness, which in turn helps them understand their thoughts and feelings in relation to the problems at hand. I realize that my clients are the experts in their own life experiences, therefore, utilize an individualistic approach in working alongside them in efforts to restore emotional balance.

Greetings!. Thanks for checking in with me. Reaching out for help is a big step and I would like to invite you into a conversation about what that might look like. First, I take a practical approach to helping people discover their own solutions to current problems or past issues. You will learn new skills to manage problematic thoughts, moods, and behaviors. I focus on building strength and confidence to make changes in the ways you think about yourself and others. Finally, we will work together to apply these changes to improve the way you manage mood and daily life.

Through our direct services, consultation, executive coaching, and conscious learning opportunities, we help organizations, leaders, and practitioners sustain resilience and effectiveness during the deep, necessary, and sometimes uncomfortable work of creating trauma-informed and equity-focused environments. We understand the unique capacities required to address the multigenerational trauma from systemic exclusion and discrimination facing multigenerational Black Americans/descendants of U.S. slaves.

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with fifteen years of clinical experience. I completed my undergraduate degree in Social Work from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and my Master's degree in Social Work, with an emphasis in Family Systems Theory, at Saint Louis University. I understand that clients are the experts of their own lives and join with clients to determine treatment goals. I work throughout the time we have together focusing on helping those I serve achieve emotional balance.

Life can be difficult and hard to navigate, but I believe that we all have the strength and resilience to grow, change, and live a more fulfilling life. As a therapist, I believe that the self- work you do will echo throughout every part of your life. I meet people where they are and walk alongside them to where they want to be. It is important for me to create a space for you to feel comfortable, and open. My goals are to help you reach your goals in a supportive, empathic and compassionate space where you feel safe.

When choosing a therapist it is important to consider many different perspectives. First and most importantly, is this someone that you will be comfortable working with? Education and experience are other considerations? However, when it comes right down to it, it's about connecting. All the great tools that a therapist may have will be useless if you do not connect with them. I have heard from many of my clients about negative experiences in the past with therapists and how they feel like nothing really happened.

Yvonne is a Masters level Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 20+ years experience with individuals, couples and families working in a variety of settings, now focusing on her private practice. She specializes in depression, anxiety (including PTSD), stress management, addictions and life skills development. She combines cognitive behavioral therapy, relaxation training, creativity, guided imagery, journaling, and 12 Step programs to address all facets of personal growth. Yvonne practices creativity in her own life as an exhibiting artist.

I believe that the clients who walk into my office are strong. They have an inner strength that is the cornerstone of change. The voice that says, "Enough, I'm taking back my life." Together, we will champion that strength to discover the blockages that have held you back or kept you suffering and create solutions and options to get you back on track. I passionately believe that you deserve better -- let's get to work. My approach to therapy is client centered and goal directed.

I believe in addressing the physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, and creative aspects of the whole individual. My goal is to encourage and help you discover the strengths that you already possess to navigate difficult emotions and experiences. Collaboration is a huge part of each therapy session because you are the true expert of your life!