Trauma and PTSD Therapists in Bastrop, TX

Sheena Hann is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LPC, LCDC) with over 3 years of experience in the mental health field. She is passionate about helping teens and adults address the self-identified challenges in their lives. Sheena specializes in trauma, anxiety, grief/loss, and depression. She completed her Bachelor's degree in Human Services and Child and Family Services at the University of Phoenix, and her Master's degree in Professional Counseling at Liberty University. She is a mother of 9 children.

Have you experienced trauma or attachment wounding? Are you in a constant state of fight or flight or dissociation and shut down? Does your nervous system feel like your enemy? Traumatic events affect people in very different ways. One thing is certain though; trauma is stored in your body and affects your mind, body, memory, mood, spirit, and relationships with yourself and with others. There is a way to befriend your nervous system, effectively heal your past wounds, cope with your current triggers, and discover your own personal post-traumatic growth and resiliency for the future.

If you are experiencing difficulty in dealing with a traumatic past or event, I would like to help. I see individuals who are experiencing anxiety and depressive symptoms, problems in relationships, using substances as a way to cope, and are finding day to day life challenging. I help my clients to better understand what they are experiencing, identify what they want to change, and implement steps to making the changes they seek. I believe in the inner strength, resilience, and agency of each person.

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Valerie Posas, PsyD, is a highly dedicated Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who has over 10 years of extensive experience in counseling people from diverse backgrounds, and in various settings. Dr. Posas is a native of Texas, but she spent 13 years in California and in traveling the world to complete various mental health trainings.

I work with adults to address issues related to anxiety, depression, trauma, stress, chronic pain, illness and grief. I am also trained in Gottman relationship therapy. My patients learn the brain science behind the skills they are given to improve their health and quality of life. My approach is collaborative-- therapy is a journey into health and wholeness on which my patient and I travel together. I strive to provide a safe, relaxing environment in which one can move into self reflection and awareness and learn the skills to improve. i have been in private practice since 1993.

I will put you, the client, your life goals first and help you reach them. We will work together as a team, identifying your goals and using the modalities that I have trained in. I will help you learn tools relevant to your grow. These tools have helped me on my own growth journey as well as the clients that I have worked with. I believe in the value of connecting to the body as a way of healing developmental trauma. This trauma could be manifesting in different ways, physically, mentally, emotionally or a combination of all. My work is grounded in psychological theory, evidence-based practices and incorporates mindfulness.

I have worked with people 10 to 83 years of age to address issues related to anger, anxiety, depression, trauma, stress, ADHD, or the issue that negatively impacts their life. My therapy approach is client centered. It always starts with the person sitting in my office; we develop strategies and skills that can be applied to daily life. The strategies are brain and neuroscience based with the goal to assist the person to be the best version of yourself.

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 15 years of experience providing mental health support to individuals of all ages. I am genuine and down-to-earth, offering a safe and accepting environment. I provide counseling support on issues such as depression, anxiety, life transitions, self-esteem, setting boundaries, relationship issues, abuse, and trauma.

If you feel stuck, overwhelmed, confused, powerless, helpless to control life issues, a healthy first step toward realizing positive change in your life, is to invest in therapy. By discovering your strengths, gifts, and unique perception, we can begin utilizing these attributes toward effective thoughtful problem solving and decision making behaviors.

In my therapeutic work, I endeavor to create an environment that allows my clients to center-out, to breathe, to explore, to undertake, to dare, to dream, to change course, and to reconnect. As a would-be-adventurer with a penchant for curiosities and the unknown, I look forward to embarking on uncharted paths with my clients. In journeying alongside my client, my hope is that upon reaching the trailhead of their path, they're able to look around and exclaim "everything is in its right place."

Reaching out to ask for help when we are struggling is one of the biggest favors we can do for ourselves. Just as our physical health is important to maintain functioning in every day life, so is our mental health and well being. I strive to help clients get back to finding their optimal balance in life by addressing concerns they have in all aspects of their life whether it be relationship and interpersonal issues, anxiety, depression, behavioral issues or trauma that is preventing them from living their best life.

Personal experiences can mold and transform us every bit of the way in our life journey. Here at M.P.C. we understand that many life experiences will enhance us, however, there are also challenging experiences that could trigger and mobilize a vicious cycle in our behaviors and attitudes towards life and others. At the end of the day, everyone deserves an opportunity to be wholesome and be able to breathe in their own skin. As therapists, our goal is to work towards partnering with you in your journey in learning healthy ways to cope, healing, self love, self actualization and wellbeing.

Gina Faulds is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with over 4 years of experience in the mental health field. She is passionate about helping adolescents, adults, and couples with a variety of challenges such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, relationship issues, military issues, LGTBQ+, trauma, life transitions, and more.

The clients I typically work with are at a place where they want more out of their life; however, they feel stuck in patterns of unhealthy beliefs or behaviors. They know there is more that they are capable of but are unsure how to overcome the barriers they continue to experience, which lead them to a place of fear and hopelessness. In our work together, I will help you identify your sufferings and work alongside you to challenge you to gain the endurance to mold you into a new character. If you are ready for this, I have hope that the work we will do together will help you become a healthier version of yourself.

There are times in everyone's life where issues seem overwhelming. Sometimes what we need during these times is an environment where they feel complete acceptance and insight. I provide a safe space to explore those feelings and help set and maintain goals to make positive changes in your life. If you are struggling with life transitions and stress, hopelessness, confusion, sadness, or depression, anxiety, social functioning, behavioral changes, low self-worth, lack of confidence, trauma, grief and loss, if you or a loved one struggles with addiction, these are a few of the circumstances of which I have worked alongside.

I bring over a decade of active recovery and professional experience in the addictions and trauma fields. Through the understanding of negative messages given to us in childhood that keep us stuck, I focus on inner child work. Reparenting ourselves is a journey of returning to who we were meant to be, before the pain, hurt, anger, and fear took over.

I'm passionate about supporting adults from all kinds of backgrounds. Whether you're dealing with anxiety, depression, PTSD, or going through tough times like divorce or loss, I'm here to help. My goal is to create a welcoming and supportive space where you can feel comfortable discussing whatever's on your mind.

Katherine Hyer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 6 years of experience working with individuals in the mental health field. Katherine has particular expertise working with all types of individuals 15 years old and older who have multiple mental health concerns or substance use. Katherine has had the privilege of working with diverse individuals from all walks of life. Regardless of what you are facing, Katherine believes that therapy can support healing as well as positive and healthy change. Katherine’s counseling experience has been centered around teenagers and adults surviving trauma, PTSD, depression, and anxiety.