Borderline Personality (BPD) Therapists in New Braunfels, TX
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Aryn Thompson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
New Braunfels, TX 78130
I specialize in gender and sexuality, with over 7 years experience serving my LGBTQIA+ community. I feel strongly that shared experience helps people feel safe and seen in the therapy room. Using a relational approach, I believe that majority of therapeutic healing happens with human connection. This means I show up as human with my clients. You can expect accountability as well as empathy. I engage in the therapy conversation to allow reflection of your emotions. My specialization in queer matters is combined with treatment of complex trauma, mood, and personality disorders.
I specialize in gender and sexuality, with over 7 years experience serving my LGBTQIA+ community. I feel strongly that shared experience helps people feel safe and seen in the therapy room. Using a relational approach, I believe that majority of therapeutic healing happens with human connection. This means I show up as human with my clients. You can expect accountability as well as empathy. I engage in the therapy conversation to allow reflection of your emotions. My specialization in queer matters is combined with treatment of complex trauma, mood, and personality disorders.
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Edgar Napoles
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
New Braunfels, TX 78130 (Online Only)
Are you trying to find a balance in life? Trying to decrease your stress levels? Are you attempting to find reasoning to your past experiences and choices? Are you seeking support for current life challenges or deeper interpersonal issues such as trauma, depression or anxiety? I strive to help you feel comfort, encouraged and empowered. I aim to help you find the best results for your emotional and mental health needs.
Are you trying to find a balance in life? Trying to decrease your stress levels? Are you attempting to find reasoning to your past experiences and choices? Are you seeking support for current life challenges or deeper interpersonal issues such as trauma, depression or anxiety? I strive to help you feel comfort, encouraged and empowered. I aim to help you find the best results for your emotional and mental health needs.
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Tammy DeGroat
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC-S, LCDC, NCC
Verified Verified
New Braunfels, TX 78130 (Online Only)
I specialize in working with teens who are struggling with trauma, anxiety, depression, school related issues and substance abuse. Your teen can expect to acquire tools needed to gain a sense of control, manage difficult emotions, and feel more confident in their relationships, friendships, and decision-making process.
I specialize in working with teens who are struggling with trauma, anxiety, depression, school related issues and substance abuse. Your teen can expect to acquire tools needed to gain a sense of control, manage difficult emotions, and feel more confident in their relationships, friendships, and decision-making process.
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Kristalyn (Kris) Allison
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW-S, RPT-S, CATP
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
New Braunfels, TX 78130
I work with a wide range of clients and concerns. Anxiety, depression, past trauma, relationship struggles, and behavior difficulties in teens and children are among a few of the common issues I treat. I have several years of experience with play therapy as well as therapy with adults and teens. I see each client and their experiences as unique to them with their own needs and strengths. I am very open minded and non-judgmental and really do care about each one of my clients. I consider the relationship I have with my clients to be central their success.
I work with a wide range of clients and concerns. Anxiety, depression, past trauma, relationship struggles, and behavior difficulties in teens and children are among a few of the common issues I treat. I have several years of experience with play therapy as well as therapy with adults and teens. I see each client and their experiences as unique to them with their own needs and strengths. I am very open minded and non-judgmental and really do care about each one of my clients. I consider the relationship I have with my clients to be central their success.
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Dr. Cristina Thornell
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
New Braunfels, TX 78132 (Online Only)
My name is Cristina “Cristy” Thornell (née Martínez-Smith) and I was born and raised in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico. After completing all my professional studies in Texas, I became a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, with training in both English and Spanish. I received my master's degree in Community Counseling, and my doctorate degree in Counseling, Education and Supervision.
My name is Cristina “Cristy” Thornell (née Martínez-Smith) and I was born and raised in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico. After completing all my professional studies in Texas, I became a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, with training in both English and Spanish. I received my master's degree in Community Counseling, and my doctorate degree in Counseling, Education and Supervision.
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Hi! I'm Teresa Thompson, a dedicated mental health therapist with over 20 years of meaningful experience serving children, young adults, parents and seniors. Throughout my career, I've been committed to using multiple therapeutic modalities and continually broadening my knowledge base to better support those I work with. Compassion and empathy are at the heart of my practice, knowing that every individual deserves a safe space to heal and grow.
Hi! I'm Teresa Thompson, a dedicated mental health therapist with over 20 years of meaningful experience serving children, young adults, parents and seniors. Throughout my career, I've been committed to using multiple therapeutic modalities and continually broadening my knowledge base to better support those I work with. Compassion and empathy are at the heart of my practice, knowing that every individual deserves a safe space to heal and grow.
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Dr. Ashley Cuevas
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC-S, NCC
Verified Verified
New Braunfels, TX 78130 (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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Jennifer Brietzke
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
New Braunfels, TX 78130
You are feeling depressed or anxious, maybe overwhelmed and at a loss for finding direction and purpose. You are struggling to feel empowered and are often making unhealthy decisions. Your life feels out of control and your relationships are not satisfying. You may be struggling to manage school or work responsibilities due to stress or anxiety. It feels like life is so very hard and it feels impossible to have compassion for yourself or to feel connected to others in a healthy way.
You are feeling depressed or anxious, maybe overwhelmed and at a loss for finding direction and purpose. You are struggling to feel empowered and are often making unhealthy decisions. Your life feels out of control and your relationships are not satisfying. You may be struggling to manage school or work responsibilities due to stress or anxiety. It feels like life is so very hard and it feels impossible to have compassion for yourself or to feel connected to others in a healthy way.
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Ashlee N Albart
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC-S, NCC
Verified Verified
New Braunfels, TX 78130
Do you need help in achieving greater self-acceptance, changing negative thinking, and improving your self-esteem? Do you struggle in managing your emotions more effectively? Every person's world view is unique to them, and Ashlee utilizes a variety of treatment methods to encourage clients to become a more active participant in their own well-being.
Do you need help in achieving greater self-acceptance, changing negative thinking, and improving your self-esteem? Do you struggle in managing your emotions more effectively? Every person's world view is unique to them, and Ashlee utilizes a variety of treatment methods to encourage clients to become a more active participant in their own well-being.
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Tonya M Boyd
Licensed Professional Counselor, MSc, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
New Braunfels, TX 78132 (Online Only)
We all deserve to feel at home and safe in our bodies and minds, and it’s my passion to help others find this place. Are you in need of affordable and flexible counseling? Do you feel stressed, overwhelmed, confused, or frustrated with life? Are you seeking support, guidance, and understanding? Do you feel you have little support, and no one to talk to or listen? Are you seeking self-empowerment? Are you seeking to overcome life’s challenges and reach your personal goals? You came to the right profile. Here at Ellie Mental Heath, we accept self-pay and insurance. Hit me up to schedule your appointment.
We all deserve to feel at home and safe in our bodies and minds, and it’s my passion to help others find this place. Are you in need of affordable and flexible counseling? Do you feel stressed, overwhelmed, confused, or frustrated with life? Are you seeking support, guidance, and understanding? Do you feel you have little support, and no one to talk to or listen? Are you seeking self-empowerment? Are you seeking to overcome life’s challenges and reach your personal goals? You came to the right profile. Here at Ellie Mental Heath, we accept self-pay and insurance. Hit me up to schedule your appointment.
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Allison and Associates Counseling, PLLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S, RPT-S
Verified Verified
New Braunfels, TX 78130
We help a wide range of clients. For children 4 years old and up, we have several clinicians that have been specially trained in play therapy to address issues specific to children. We also have clinicians that are trauma trained and can help adults and children heal from past trauma and begin to live life without carrying pain from the past. We work with parents and families who are struggling with life changes and relational hurts to heal and begin to communicate better. Women's issues, including birth trauma, infertility, and other past trauma are among our specialties. We offer canine assisted therapy and EMDR.
We help a wide range of clients. For children 4 years old and up, we have several clinicians that have been specially trained in play therapy to address issues specific to children. We also have clinicians that are trauma trained and can help adults and children heal from past trauma and begin to live life without carrying pain from the past. We work with parents and families who are struggling with life changes and relational hurts to heal and begin to communicate better. Women's issues, including birth trauma, infertility, and other past trauma are among our specialties. We offer canine assisted therapy and EMDR.
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MindGarden Therapeutic Services
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, DSW, LCSW, LCDC
Verified Verified
New Braunfels, TX 78130 (Online Only)
Hi there! My name is Dr. Ana Alicia Potthast, DSW, LCSW, LCDC. I have a passion for mental health care and substance abuse treatment, and I have extensive experience and training in behavioral health, diagnostics, addiction, co-occurring disorders, depression, anxiety, personality disorders, trauma, domestic violence, sexual abuse and assault, maternity and fertility issues, grief and loss, hoarding, family dynamics and conflict, marital issues, sexual orientation and gender identification and expression, adjustment issues, stages in life, and many other situations that bring a client to seek counseling.
Hi there! My name is Dr. Ana Alicia Potthast, DSW, LCSW, LCDC. I have a passion for mental health care and substance abuse treatment, and I have extensive experience and training in behavioral health, diagnostics, addiction, co-occurring disorders, depression, anxiety, personality disorders, trauma, domestic violence, sexual abuse and assault, maternity and fertility issues, grief and loss, hoarding, family dynamics and conflict, marital issues, sexual orientation and gender identification and expression, adjustment issues, stages in life, and many other situations that bring a client to seek counseling.
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Sara Ann Castañeda-Castillo (Supervised By Kelly Martin Lpc-S)
LPC Intern, MS, NCC, LPC-A
Verified Verified
New Braunfels, TX 78130
I am inspired in helping adolescents and adults cope with depression, anxiety, self-esteem, grief/loss, trauma, and behavioral issues. I am motivated to create a safe and secure setting for individuals to communicate, discover, and manage their thoughts and feelings in a healthy and constructive manner. I empathically strive to deliver clients valuable therapeutic services in order to address their individual needs toward a more joyful and tranquil life. In addition, I have a passion in working with couples to effectively communicate to resolve conflict.
I am inspired in helping adolescents and adults cope with depression, anxiety, self-esteem, grief/loss, trauma, and behavioral issues. I am motivated to create a safe and secure setting for individuals to communicate, discover, and manage their thoughts and feelings in a healthy and constructive manner. I empathically strive to deliver clients valuable therapeutic services in order to address their individual needs toward a more joyful and tranquil life. In addition, I have a passion in working with couples to effectively communicate to resolve conflict.
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Mee-Gaik Lim Ph.d
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC-S, LMFT-S, AAMFT-S
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
New Braunfels, TX 78132
The counseling relationship is based on creating an accepting, respectful, warm, collaborative working environment to guide you to create and re-write healthy scripts in your personal journey. The key is to construct opportunities for you to gain insights into personal patterns and simultaneously strengthen connections in relationships. Efforts will focus on helping you explore your strengths and successes and explore effective ways to enhance personal growth and relationship satisfaction.
The counseling relationship is based on creating an accepting, respectful, warm, collaborative working environment to guide you to create and re-write healthy scripts in your personal journey. The key is to construct opportunities for you to gain insights into personal patterns and simultaneously strengthen connections in relationships. Efforts will focus on helping you explore your strengths and successes and explore effective ways to enhance personal growth and relationship satisfaction.
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Rebecca Ayala
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, MA, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
New Braunfels, TX 78130
There are so many surprises and experiences in the world to shape and grow us, some of which can be life-changing or hard to move past. It is easy to become voiceless, bottle things up, or notice that you completely have changed yourself to merely get by. Normalcy is often what everyone wants, but yet, to achieve it can be a constant battle with unending emotions. I have an innate drive and passion for supporting others and helping them reach their full potential as they navigate through transitions, adolescence, and other milestones in life, regardless of age group.
There are so many surprises and experiences in the world to shape and grow us, some of which can be life-changing or hard to move past. It is easy to become voiceless, bottle things up, or notice that you completely have changed yourself to merely get by. Normalcy is often what everyone wants, but yet, to achieve it can be a constant battle with unending emotions. I have an innate drive and passion for supporting others and helping them reach their full potential as they navigate through transitions, adolescence, and other milestones in life, regardless of age group.
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Amanda L. T. Herring
Licensed Professional Counselor, LCDC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
New Braunfels, TX 78130 (Online Only)
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If you struggle to get through your day, burdened by anxious thoughts and feelings of emptiness and futility, you're in good company. Feelings of low self-worth, loss of identity, lack of purpose, disconnection in relationships, or existential/spiritual angst can have many different origins in our past experiences. These emotions force us to come face to face with life's most difficult questions every day. If you're tired of living in your own head, I want to help you sort through your own thoughts and feelings to find those answers and move forward.
If you struggle to get through your day, burdened by anxious thoughts and feelings of emptiness and futility, you're in good company. Feelings of low self-worth, loss of identity, lack of purpose, disconnection in relationships, or existential/spiritual angst can have many different origins in our past experiences. These emotions force us to come face to face with life's most difficult questions every day. If you're tired of living in your own head, I want to help you sort through your own thoughts and feelings to find those answers and move forward.
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Jolene Des Roches
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC-S
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
New Braunfels, TX 78132
I identify as creative, innovative, and authentic. Along with providing direct care to clients, my experience has also been leading clinical teams in diverse community mental health settings. I have a Ph.D. in Psychology, am a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor, and a National Certified Counselor. My specialties include trauma recovery for individuals and couples. I consider myself an innovative therapist. I utilize holistic psychotherapy approaches such as CBT, DBT, EMDR, and Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy.
I identify as creative, innovative, and authentic. Along with providing direct care to clients, my experience has also been leading clinical teams in diverse community mental health settings. I have a Ph.D. in Psychology, am a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor, and a National Certified Counselor. My specialties include trauma recovery for individuals and couples. I consider myself an innovative therapist. I utilize holistic psychotherapy approaches such as CBT, DBT, EMDR, and Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy.
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Jennifer Free
Counselor, LPC, CCTP, CAATS, CAIMHP
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
New Braunfels, TX 78130
Your PEACE doesn't have to be limited. The devastation of betrayal, abandonment, divorce, disease, or death can change you instantly. Perhaps resentment, depression and anxiety are interfering with the quality of your life. Is addiction keeping you in bondage? Is Post-Acute Withdrawal limiting your day to day functioning?Trauma keeping you from experiencing life? If anything is preventing you from getting to a healthy place, maybe it's time to examine what your next steps will be. Don't allow fear, work, and life's hustle to keep you from having peace. FIND PEACE REGARDLESS OF YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES. Life can get better!
Your PEACE doesn't have to be limited. The devastation of betrayal, abandonment, divorce, disease, or death can change you instantly. Perhaps resentment, depression and anxiety are interfering with the quality of your life. Is addiction keeping you in bondage? Is Post-Acute Withdrawal limiting your day to day functioning?Trauma keeping you from experiencing life? If anything is preventing you from getting to a healthy place, maybe it's time to examine what your next steps will be. Don't allow fear, work, and life's hustle to keep you from having peace. FIND PEACE REGARDLESS OF YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES. Life can get better!
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David Bennett
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, LCDC
Verified Verified
New Braunfels, TX 78130
Are you happy with the life that you're living? Would you like to be more confident while making a tough decision? The process of coming to understand yourself is an opportunity to recognize how individual strengths can be used to meet personal, professional, social or family goals. For those prepared to make changes, therapy can be the catalyst to personal growth and development. I'd like to work with individuals looking to better themselves. If you have questions or ideas that you would like to explore in therapy give me a call so we can schedule an appointment.
Are you happy with the life that you're living? Would you like to be more confident while making a tough decision? The process of coming to understand yourself is an opportunity to recognize how individual strengths can be used to meet personal, professional, social or family goals. For those prepared to make changes, therapy can be the catalyst to personal growth and development. I'd like to work with individuals looking to better themselves. If you have questions or ideas that you would like to explore in therapy give me a call so we can schedule an appointment.
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Back Porch Therapy, PLLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S
Verified Verified
New Braunfels, TX 78130 (Online Only)
You have many choices when it comes to picking a counselor/therapist, but what is the most important thing to consider when choosing? Does the person appear to be kind? Do they have the qualifications to serve you? Does he/she make you feel comfortable and ease the anxiety you might be feeling regarding sharing such personal information so quickly? How does the office environment feel (telehealth or in the office)? More importantly, how quickly do you feel your exact problem is being addressed?
You have many choices when it comes to picking a counselor/therapist, but what is the most important thing to consider when choosing? Does the person appear to be kind? Do they have the qualifications to serve you? Does he/she make you feel comfortable and ease the anxiety you might be feeling regarding sharing such personal information so quickly? How does the office environment feel (telehealth or in the office)? More importantly, how quickly do you feel your exact problem is being addressed?
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Borderline Personality (BPD) Therapists
What is the most successful approach to treating borderline personality disorder?
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is considered the gold standard of treatment for borderline personality disorder. An evidence-based treatment, it addresses the extreme emotional reactivity, the relationship difficulties, and the acts of self-harm that create so much distress for BPD patients. DBT is a comprehensive program that includes both regular individual psychotherapy sessions and weekly group sessions of skills training.
What happens in treatment of borderline personality disorder?
Treatment typically consists of weekly individual therapy sessions that last an hour and group skill-focused instructional sessions that may last up to two hours. Patients are typically given homework “assignments” in which they are asked to practice in their daily life the skills they acquire in therapy. Patients also keep a diary tracking their emotions and impulses as a way to know which situations are most problematic and to help them gain control over their own behavior. Difficult situations and feelings are typically reviewed in therapy sessions and more constructive solutions found.
What kinds of problems does BPD treatment help with?
DBT was initially developed to dampen the self-destructive impulses of chronically suicidal patients. It is now the treatment of choice for borderline personality disorder, a serious condition marked by extreme emotional reactivity, relationship instability, and self-injurious behaviors. Treatment of BPD helps patients tolerate the flux of emotions without acting on them, often with a specific focus on tolerating negative emotions. DBT addresses the core problems of BPD—fear of abandonment, low self-esteem, and impulsivity.
What is the goal of treatment in borderline personality disorder?
The goal of treatment for borderline personality disorder (BPD) is to relieve the extreme emotional distress that patients experience—to curb their emotional reactivity, to minimize their inclination to self-harm, and to reduce their impulsivity. Toward these ends, patients are not only taught an array of new coping skills and techniques for emotional regulation, they are given opportunities to practice them. Another major goal of treatment is interpersonal effectiveness; patients learn and problem-solve ways to effectively communicate in relationships, especially how to ask for what they need as a way to minimize hurt feelings.