Compassion Focused Therapists in Converse, TX
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The Courage Compass offers life, wellness and mindfulness coaching. Wellness services are available to individuals, groups, and organizations. Our intention is to cultivate mindfulness, compassion, and healing in the community by providing heart centered services and supports. We offer a safe space for others to explore their own healing opportunities and roadblocks. We each have the potential to connect with our own truest wisdom and align our lives in a way we can fully thrive.
The Courage Compass offers life, wellness and mindfulness coaching. Wellness services are available to individuals, groups, and organizations. Our intention is to cultivate mindfulness, compassion, and healing in the community by providing heart centered services and supports. We offer a safe space for others to explore their own healing opportunities and roadblocks. We each have the potential to connect with our own truest wisdom and align our lives in a way we can fully thrive.
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Sofia Naupari
Licensed Professional Counselor Associate, LPC-A, NCC
Verified Verified
Converse, TX 78109
Welcome! Bienvenidos! Ready to start with your path to therapy or counseling? Today, begin your counseling journey with me. We will discuss your past and present experiences, emotions, and thoughts. We will explore areas where growth and change can happen and look for solutions and treatment plans in therapy that work best for you and your situation to improve your anxiety, stress, depression and other feelings you may be experiencing.
Welcome! Bienvenidos! Ready to start with your path to therapy or counseling? Today, begin your counseling journey with me. We will discuss your past and present experiences, emotions, and thoughts. We will explore areas where growth and change can happen and look for solutions and treatment plans in therapy that work best for you and your situation to improve your anxiety, stress, depression and other feelings you may be experiencing.
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I am best suited to adults and teens who are struggling with stress, work and family issues, personal challenges and past trauma resolution. My approach to counseling includes creative methods to keep my clients engaged, goal setting and strength based techniques that empower the individual. Clients who really want to see results and are prepared to partner with their therapist will definitely see overall change as we work together to address their concerns.
I am best suited to adults and teens who are struggling with stress, work and family issues, personal challenges and past trauma resolution. My approach to counseling includes creative methods to keep my clients engaged, goal setting and strength based techniques that empower the individual. Clients who really want to see results and are prepared to partner with their therapist will definitely see overall change as we work together to address their concerns.
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Marquia S Caldwell
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Converse, TX 78109
Throughout our lives we collect scars through tough experiences or traumas. My hope is for you to understand that it’s okay to struggle, and it’s okay to have support and guidance. I pride myself in creating a safe and comfortable space for my clients, because comfort is part of the healing process and moving forward. I provide support with empowering individuals to overcome their struggles. I strive to build strong therapeutic relationships that consist of trust, transparency, and empathy.
Throughout our lives we collect scars through tough experiences or traumas. My hope is for you to understand that it’s okay to struggle, and it’s okay to have support and guidance. I pride myself in creating a safe and comfortable space for my clients, because comfort is part of the healing process and moving forward. I provide support with empowering individuals to overcome their struggles. I strive to build strong therapeutic relationships that consist of trust, transparency, and empathy.
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Juanita Arredondo-Ortega
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC-S
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Converse, TX 78109
As a first-generation Mexican-American, I am sensitive to the multi-cultural needs of my clients. I am fluent in Spanish and English and able to effectively provide therapy in the language in which the individual is most comfortable, in doing so, their goals have a higher probability of being achieved. My clinical experience has provided me with the abilities to work with a wide range of emotional and behavioral issues related to trauma, depression, stress management, grief, parental support, and substance use.
As a first-generation Mexican-American, I am sensitive to the multi-cultural needs of my clients. I am fluent in Spanish and English and able to effectively provide therapy in the language in which the individual is most comfortable, in doing so, their goals have a higher probability of being achieved. My clinical experience has provided me with the abilities to work with a wide range of emotional and behavioral issues related to trauma, depression, stress management, grief, parental support, and substance use.
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Acacia Jaimez
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
Converse, TX 78109 (Online Only)
Trauma, major life events, or even stressors often leave us feeling off balanced and discouraged. Discussing those difficult times with a professional is a step in the restoration process. I provide a safe, comfortable, and non-judgmental space where you can come and begin the healing process. During our sessions, goals will be set in order to help you get back to feeling balanced.
Trauma, major life events, or even stressors often leave us feeling off balanced and discouraged. Discussing those difficult times with a professional is a step in the restoration process. I provide a safe, comfortable, and non-judgmental space where you can come and begin the healing process. During our sessions, goals will be set in order to help you get back to feeling balanced.
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Dacia Benton
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC-S
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
San Antonio, TX 78232
"I believe every person has value and a divine purpose in life". Challenges will come, but you can overcome them. Thank you for taking the first step in the healing process. I am dedicated to enhancing the emotional, physical, and spiritual strength of my clients. I am here to support, encourage, challenge and empower you to reach your goals.
"I believe every person has value and a divine purpose in life". Challenges will come, but you can overcome them. Thank you for taking the first step in the healing process. I am dedicated to enhancing the emotional, physical, and spiritual strength of my clients. I am here to support, encourage, challenge and empower you to reach your goals.
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Suzanne Kocher
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC-S, CPHQ
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
San Antonio, TX 78209
Life can be overwhelming and we all need a little support sometimes. Work, family, relationships….it can be a lot to handle alone. Having a safe and supportive person to talk to can help ease the burden and assist in gaining a new perspective when there seems to be no way out. It takes a lot of courage to take that first step to seek help, so you can take pride in the fact that you are here now.
Life can be overwhelming and we all need a little support sometimes. Work, family, relationships….it can be a lot to handle alone. Having a safe and supportive person to talk to can help ease the burden and assist in gaining a new perspective when there seems to be no way out. It takes a lot of courage to take that first step to seek help, so you can take pride in the fact that you are here now.
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Wholeness. Consciousness. Self-Compassion. Creativity. Clarity. Courage. These describe healing experiences possible through the counseling journey. By collecting your stories, hopes, concerns and visions, I will tailor therapy to fit your needs. It is an honor to walk with fellow strugglers striving for peace and transformation. I have worked in the field of psychology for thirty years. I am a Psychotherapist, Supervisor to LPC-Associates, Certified Conscious Parenting Coach and have worked as a Chaplain and Counselor for hospice patients and their families. I am laser focused, using suffering to cultivate more in your life.
Wholeness. Consciousness. Self-Compassion. Creativity. Clarity. Courage. These describe healing experiences possible through the counseling journey. By collecting your stories, hopes, concerns and visions, I will tailor therapy to fit your needs. It is an honor to walk with fellow strugglers striving for peace and transformation. I have worked in the field of psychology for thirty years. I am a Psychotherapist, Supervisor to LPC-Associates, Certified Conscious Parenting Coach and have worked as a Chaplain and Counselor for hospice patients and their families. I am laser focused, using suffering to cultivate more in your life.
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Dr. Lori Griffin
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, DSW, LCSW-S
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Schertz, TX 78154
You are NOT broken. You are hurting and you are tired of being so tired. I think sometimes we believe that we have to FEEL confident before we can show action. My very favorite saying is " show up, even when you are scared. Show up. " Do you feel like you or your partner are wondering how you ever fell in love to begin with? Does it feel like you are silently screaming and no one hears you while you walk around with a fake smile? Does it feel like you are white knuckling it through your day and hoping no one ever discovers "the real you?" Do you remember who are you with without anxiety snapping at your heels? You are not alone.
You are NOT broken. You are hurting and you are tired of being so tired. I think sometimes we believe that we have to FEEL confident before we can show action. My very favorite saying is " show up, even when you are scared. Show up. " Do you feel like you or your partner are wondering how you ever fell in love to begin with? Does it feel like you are silently screaming and no one hears you while you walk around with a fake smile? Does it feel like you are white knuckling it through your day and hoping no one ever discovers "the real you?" Do you remember who are you with without anxiety snapping at your heels? You are not alone.
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Heather Joy Pitamber
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, QMHP-CS, NCC
Verified Verified
San Antonio, TX 78209
Life is a journey, taking us on a path that is unique as we are. This path can be truly inspiring, fulfilling, and meaningful. However, when we encounter challenges that bring stress, anxiety, depression, and conflict, we can feel overwhelmed. Courageously facing these internal and external obstacles with the help of a caring professional can help us feel confident again that we are progressing on life's journey in the ways that matter most. I specialize in helping families, couples, and individuals clarify their goals, increase awareness, and improve the skills required to create the life they desire.
Life is a journey, taking us on a path that is unique as we are. This path can be truly inspiring, fulfilling, and meaningful. However, when we encounter challenges that bring stress, anxiety, depression, and conflict, we can feel overwhelmed. Courageously facing these internal and external obstacles with the help of a caring professional can help us feel confident again that we are progressing on life's journey in the ways that matter most. I specialize in helping families, couples, and individuals clarify their goals, increase awareness, and improve the skills required to create the life they desire.
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Liberty Nicholas
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
San Antonio, TX 78247
Hey Wild Souls, I’m Liberty! Are you ready for a new approach to therapy? Join me for outdoor sessions in the beautiful parks of San Antonio, New Braunfels, & San Marcos. As a nature-based therapist, I believe that the natural world can provide a unique and powerful healing environment that is often inaccessible in an office. My life's guiding principle is simple: Nature is My Co-Therapist! If you seek to holistically enhance your overall wellbeing and unearth your Wisest Self...I’m ready to guide your journey! I work with people navigating symptoms of PTSD, depression, anxiety, grief, & exploring personality or mood disorders.
Hey Wild Souls, I’m Liberty! Are you ready for a new approach to therapy? Join me for outdoor sessions in the beautiful parks of San Antonio, New Braunfels, & San Marcos. As a nature-based therapist, I believe that the natural world can provide a unique and powerful healing environment that is often inaccessible in an office. My life's guiding principle is simple: Nature is My Co-Therapist! If you seek to holistically enhance your overall wellbeing and unearth your Wisest Self...I’m ready to guide your journey! I work with people navigating symptoms of PTSD, depression, anxiety, grief, & exploring personality or mood disorders.
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Kassandra Thompson Double T Counseling, PLLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Cibolo, TX 78108
Please email if you are interested in services, I am better able to reply - I provide counseling to individuals, teens, and families in many areas, such as: depression, anxiety, anger, PTSD and trauma, self-esteem, and teen identity, as well as a variety of other life issues and disorders. I further have a passion for assisting with divorce and positive co-parenting relationships. If you need guidance through past or present, I can assist you in gaining insight and awareness, mindfulness, communication, and boundaries, among many other tools that help you navigate through challenging times.
Please email if you are interested in services, I am better able to reply - I provide counseling to individuals, teens, and families in many areas, such as: depression, anxiety, anger, PTSD and trauma, self-esteem, and teen identity, as well as a variety of other life issues and disorders. I further have a passion for assisting with divorce and positive co-parenting relationships. If you need guidance through past or present, I can assist you in gaining insight and awareness, mindfulness, communication, and boundaries, among many other tools that help you navigate through challenging times.
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Dr. Ashley Cuevas
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC-S, NCC
Verified Verified
Alamo Heights, TX 78209 (Online Only)
Are you uncertain of where or how to begin restoring your mental and emotional health? Are you feeling lost coping with a current or previous life hardship or transition? Perhaps you're experiencing anxiety or depression in some form and you are in need of an active listener to aide with your day-to-day struggles? Transitions and change often offer a unique opportunity for growth and evolving. Allow me to help facilitate this process with you! You can expect to discuss and express your feelings, uncover and focus on your strengths, challenge and work through your thoughts, and develop a plan towards a healthier version of yourself.
Are you uncertain of where or how to begin restoring your mental and emotional health? Are you feeling lost coping with a current or previous life hardship or transition? Perhaps you're experiencing anxiety or depression in some form and you are in need of an active listener to aide with your day-to-day struggles? Transitions and change often offer a unique opportunity for growth and evolving. Allow me to help facilitate this process with you! You can expect to discuss and express your feelings, uncover and focus on your strengths, challenge and work through your thoughts, and develop a plan towards a healthier version of yourself.
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Kimberly Watts Hoggatt
Licensed Professional Counselor, JD, MA, LPC-S, LMHC
Verified Verified
10 Endorsed
San Antonio, TX 78209
Are you a weary weirdo? Are you a high-achieving adult or teen who struggles with relationships, self-esteem, or burnout? Are you someone who is seeking answers to difficult questions? Do you appreciate a warm and friendly but direct approach when handling challenges? If so, I may be the counselor for you. I take a person-centered and existential approach to counseling - aspiring to help clients find meaning and direction in their lives and relationships. With 15 years of experience in career development and higher education, I have significant expertise in assisting adolescents and adults with college and career decision-making.
Are you a weary weirdo? Are you a high-achieving adult or teen who struggles with relationships, self-esteem, or burnout? Are you someone who is seeking answers to difficult questions? Do you appreciate a warm and friendly but direct approach when handling challenges? If so, I may be the counselor for you. I take a person-centered and existential approach to counseling - aspiring to help clients find meaning and direction in their lives and relationships. With 15 years of experience in career development and higher education, I have significant expertise in assisting adolescents and adults with college and career decision-making.
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Kina Wolfenstein
LCSW
Verified Verified
San Antonio, TX 78233 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I specialize in treating complex trauma/CPTSD, with a focus on attachment trauma. Most of my clients experienced abuse, neglect or some kind of significant dysfunction in their upbringings. Complex trauma impacts all areas of life, and usually leads to secondary issues like anxiety, depression, harmful coping patterns and relational difficulties. I work well with people who are ready to do the deep work to heal from complex trauma. I also frequently work with people with ADHD and Autism from a neurodiversity affirming lens. I also offer couples therapy for couples who have past relational trauma and struggle in their attachments.
I specialize in treating complex trauma/CPTSD, with a focus on attachment trauma. Most of my clients experienced abuse, neglect or some kind of significant dysfunction in their upbringings. Complex trauma impacts all areas of life, and usually leads to secondary issues like anxiety, depression, harmful coping patterns and relational difficulties. I work well with people who are ready to do the deep work to heal from complex trauma. I also frequently work with people with ADHD and Autism from a neurodiversity affirming lens. I also offer couples therapy for couples who have past relational trauma and struggle in their attachments.
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Maile Giles
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, MA, EMDR
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Alamo Heights, TX 78209
Let's collaborate and explore what your internal roadblocks are to feel fully alive! What do you want your experience of life to be? What is unconscious that is stopping you from understanding and connecting with yourself, others, life? We can work together to identify blocks and blindspots, gain new awareness and tools. I utilize different types of therapy depending on your needs. NARM- which combines attachment theory and a somatic approach, EMDR, Brainspotting, Emotionally Focused Couple's and Gottman for Couples,Mindfulness and Positive Psychology. I strongly believe in a mind-body approach and lots of psychoeducation.
Let's collaborate and explore what your internal roadblocks are to feel fully alive! What do you want your experience of life to be? What is unconscious that is stopping you from understanding and connecting with yourself, others, life? We can work together to identify blocks and blindspots, gain new awareness and tools. I utilize different types of therapy depending on your needs. NARM- which combines attachment theory and a somatic approach, EMDR, Brainspotting, Emotionally Focused Couple's and Gottman for Couples,Mindfulness and Positive Psychology. I strongly believe in a mind-body approach and lots of psychoeducation.
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Dena Willeford
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, AAT, NCC
Verified Verified
Alamo Heights, TX 78209
Sometimes we can feel like we are struggling in life, not fulfilling our purpose, or are unhappy with current circumstances. Through our counseling journey, I will walk alongside of you to find what's impeding your happiness, gratification, purpose, and well-being. We will determine what is interfering with your goals and establish a practical strategy to attaining them. In a welcoming and judge-free environment, we will look at the challenges you face, your thoughts and ideas surrounding your circumstances, and the feelings that you are experiencing. We will use open and honest communication throughout our counseling journey.
Sometimes we can feel like we are struggling in life, not fulfilling our purpose, or are unhappy with current circumstances. Through our counseling journey, I will walk alongside of you to find what's impeding your happiness, gratification, purpose, and well-being. We will determine what is interfering with your goals and establish a practical strategy to attaining them. In a welcoming and judge-free environment, we will look at the challenges you face, your thoughts and ideas surrounding your circumstances, and the feelings that you are experiencing. We will use open and honest communication throughout our counseling journey.
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Jennifer L Harkins
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
San Antonio, TX 78217
Life can be hard and sometimes extremely painful. Finding a place to go and someone to help could feel overwhelming. I want to know who you are and how I can help. I am trained in several theoretical models that guide my practice, however your struggle is personal and my approach will be tailored to your unique pain.
Life can be hard and sometimes extremely painful. Finding a place to go and someone to help could feel overwhelming. I want to know who you are and how I can help. I am trained in several theoretical models that guide my practice, however your struggle is personal and my approach will be tailored to your unique pain.
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Naomi Brown (she, they) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 10 years of experience in the mental health field. Naomi's approach is eclectic, incorporating a variety of techniques to meet the needs of each client. Therapy is a collaborative effort, and she enjoys guiding clients to identify their own strengths and inner resources.
Naomi Brown (she, they) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 10 years of experience in the mental health field. Naomi's approach is eclectic, incorporating a variety of techniques to meet the needs of each client. Therapy is a collaborative effort, and she enjoys guiding clients to identify their own strengths and inner resources.
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Compassion Focused Therapists
How does compassion-focused therapy work?
Compassion-Focused Therapy is based on the idea that humans have at least three emotion regulation systems, including one that responds to threats and another that allows us to self-soothe. Those who experienced serious childhood adversity, the theory goes, have a hyperactive threat system and an underperforming self-soothing system, leaving them vulnerable to shame and a hypercritical mindset. CFT focuses on bringing these systems back into balance, helping the client be kinder to themselves and better able to accept kindness from others.
Is compassion-focused therapy a type of CBT?
Compassion-focused therapy is closely related to cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and employs many of its techniques. In addition to CBT, CFT also draws from the fields of biology, evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, developmental psychology, and Buddhism. It also has similarities to some types of trauma-focused therapies.
Is compassion-focused therapy evidence based?
Evidence suggests that CFT can be helpful in the treatment of anxiety, mood disorders, eating disorders, personality disorders, psychosis, and other mental illnesses. It has also been shown to be beneficial for individuals who may not have diagnosable psychiatric disorders but who still struggle with persistent self-criticism and feelings of shame.
What are the limitations of compassion-focused therapy?
Compassion-focused therapy is still a relatively new therapy, and research on its efficacy is still in its early stages; while some studies have found positive results, many have suffered from quality issues or small sample sizes. And while most CFT clients find it difficult to practice self-compassion at first, some—especially those who actively fear compassion or are deeply uncomfortable being cared for—may not be fully open to the tenets of CFT, potentially limiting the therapy’s long-term effectiveness.