Black and African American Therapists in New Mexico

Currently accepting new clients. All sessions are self-pay with a limited number of pay-what-you-can spots available. - - - I am a mental health therapist and practitioner of traditional medicine who specializes in walking alongside clients through grief, anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD and challenging life transitions. I love working with clients to help them transform lifelong, systemic, ancestral, and/or historical patterns. I support my clients in their exploration and reconnection with their true selves while teaching practices for creating the change they seek in their lives.

Are you seeking emotional, cognitive, physical, and spiritual balance in an increasingly black and white world? Do you feel past or present challenges are impacting you now, or is it challenging to stay in the present? Are you happy with the path you have followed or are on? Are you interested in discovering better ways of helping yourself based on the strengths you already have? Answering yes to any or all the above questions could mean you are ready to grow!

Do you experience a constant and unyielding inner critic that points out every mistake and every flaw you have. Do you often feel like an imposter—not good enough and unqualified? Like you, my clients are people at the top of their class, leaders in their career, recognized creators, yet they feel unaccomplished and undeserving. They describe many moments feeling panicked and alone in their feelings. Their anxiety causes them to overextend themselves to get validation from others. They experience cycles of burnout and depression. They put their own needs last—every time. They find it hard to say no and practice healthy boundaries.

My PhD in Clinical Psychology has given me the knowledge and sensitivity that psychotherapy is a very personal experience. Together we gain the trust to peel the layers of the "false self" away from the true, authentic self. Each person is different, therefore each person's healing has to be treated individually. Human suffering can be healed and I treat trauma from early childhood to the present, treating unhealthy early attachment issues we may use now in relationships. Together we will examine patterns which the patient finds distressing and long standing. I do not give advise, rather I help the patient find the advise within.

Most people seek therapy and or therapeutic life coaching for real and common concerns. They want to be less anxious, have a better mood and more joy, be a more effective parent, support of a relational pattern or conflict that won't go away on its own. They also want a companion in their grief. Individuals, couples, adolescents and families just want their lives expressing more fully and optimally.

Hello & Welcome! As a nonprofit, PeopleWorks' primary focus is providing counseling and related services to persons ages 16 and older. PeopleWorks-NM is based in Rio Rancho, NM and we offer online services to persons anywhere in NM. We provide a friendly environment and knowledgeable staff of Social Workers and Psychologists with extensive experience. We are passionate about what we do and pay special attention to respecting and valuing our clients and their families.

I am licensed in both New Mexico and California. I have experience woke with Military personnel and their families. My therapy style integrates elements from a psychodynamic, humanistic approach, including gestalt, ENDR and behavioral health as well as spirituality and grief counseling. I believe in developing a treatment plan that fits the individuals needs while also taking into consideration the time of life that the person may be in. I have a commitment to the process of self-growth and that of self-discovery that can take place at any age and time. My practice includes individuals as well as couples.

We live in an unprecedented time of change, experienced fear and stress. Resilience is born of developing self knowledge, appreciation of nature, and the development of sound relationships both friends, family, animals, and the natural world. During this epoch, let's help to find you the best life plan so that, despite these unparalleled times you can learn to not only live, but thrive. Joy, Passion, Laughter are what we deserve and can embody. Let's explore the path to the life you desire including the ingredients that make your life truly exceptional.

I am a holistic counselor who addresses your issues on all levels: body, mind, heart & soul. Body-wise, I encourage optimal nutrition, sleep and movement for optimal psychological well-being. Mentally, I support mindfulness & help you replace self-defeating thoughts & beliefs with self-enhancing ones. Emotionally, I guide you toward opening up to & experiencing your emotions. Soul-wise I support finding or rediscovering meaning & purpose in your life and/or connection to a Higher Power, if that suits you. I also help with life transitions such as grief & loss. I offer counseling for adults and couples, including LGBTQ.

We specialize in treating complex PTSD through a holistic and integrative health approach. All providers are trained in DBT. Some of our providers provide EMDR. Our ideal client is eager and completely motivated to do the inner-work to face their inner "shadows," to move into deeper healing. With our specialized trauma and shamanic healing training, we are eager to help, as holistically as possible. Providers are trained in an integrative health approach to complex trauma treatment. We will actively mirror your pace and effort. Love Is Healing also offer Comprehensive Community Support Services. Online only for Texas clients.

Evolution can be messy. Healing and growth are non-linear processes which may feel challenging at times. A holistic approach to healing ensures that we are addressing all facets of the human experience, creating a space to discover our truest and most authentic selves, even when it feels like a hurdle. Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel) put it best, “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” I aim to make therapy a safe container where those questions can be explored, either one-on-one in an individual therapy session, or for couples, in a joint session.

Are you ready for change? I welcome your call to see if my collaborative therapy approach is right for you. Research and experience suggest that it is our therapeutic relationship that matters most to the counseling process, not technique. I have a highly personalized, warm responsive style and offer a range of holistic approaches from solution-focused strategies and interventions to mindfully exploring the depths of interpersonal relationships and existential dilemmas. My goal as a therapist is to support you in finding and answering the questions inside you while feeling held and free.

I am a licensed clinical social worker, with over 25 years of clinical practice; with specialized, advanced training in the Neural-Affective Relational Model (NARM) for Complex Developmental Trauma. I help clients heal patterns of relating to self and other that get in the way of what it is they’re most wanting for themselves—whether that’s greater peace of mind, more confidence, or sustaining, healthy relationships. I currently have a full time practice— online in Illinois, and in person in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

As a therapist for over 25 years, I have worked in a multitude of settings with a wide range of populations. I provide individual and couples counseling. Over the years I have worked extensively with folks struggling with: PTSD, depression, anxiety, Bipolar, addictions, codependency, eating disorders, Body Dysmorphia, and those on the Autism Spectrum. With couples I draw upon Attachment Theory and the work of John Gottman. I am highly adapt at building connection and trust with communities of color. I am a member of the LGBQTI community. Validation, the need for justice, being seen and heard, attunement, and empathy are essential.

I provide a warm, down-to-earth, and focused therapeutic environment. Within a mindfulness-based, Jungian approach, I pace our work to help build greater resilience to meet those places where you feel anxious, confused, sad, angry, disappointed or hopeless. These places need attention, care and support. Together we can unravel difficult thoughts and feelings, generate warmth where there is pain and sorrow, find emotional relief, greater well being and a renewed vitality. I specialize in grief and loss, post-traumatic stress, anxiety, depression, dissociation and relationship issues.

Welcome to your own inner journey to transformative personal growth, empowerment and well-being! Our work together will encourage you to listen to and trust confidently in your own feelings, heart and intuition. I have found that emotions are our primary response to the world around us and contain all the information we need to learn to thrive. Focusing directly on the feelings underlying your issues rather than the thoughts will give you profound insight and clarity, and allow issues to resolve naturally and permanently. Learning to accept and trust in your own unique emotional/ intuitive perspective will bring you genuine self confidence, a renewed sense of direction in life, and dramatic spiritual/ psychological growth. My passion is to help you discover the natural healing magic within yourself!

Are you feeling down or overwhelmed? Maybe you need help in identifying appropriate life goals; developing effective coping skills; improving relationships; managing stress; or embracing life without stigma or shame? Unlike traditional delivery models which require you to be labeled with a diagnosis before treatment can begin, treatment can begin right away by expanding the assessment process and utilizing it instead to identify YOUR unique needs to help start improving YOUR overall quality of life. If you take the first step, I'll help you the rest of the way.

If you’re an individual or couple with past or current trauma, or an LGBTQIA+ teen or adult, I may be the right therapist for you. I use an eclectic approach with elements of CBT, MI, ACT, and SFBT. I also now offer IFS (parts work) informed treatment if you’re looking for somatic therapy. The work I do is unique to each client or set of clients, as each diagnosis presents differently depending on the host. I also work well with teens and parents. I cut my therapist teeth at a homeless shelter for teens for the first four years of my career. I have a keen understanding of the ways teens and parents relate.

Are you struggling with issues related to trauma, grief, anxiety or major life changes? There comes a time when we need help from a professional and we'd love to help you on your journey towards healing and self-discovery.