| Office: |
4067 Broadway
San Antonio, TX 78209
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| Phone: |
(210) 219-3123
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| Cell Phone: |
(210) 219-3123
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| E-mail: |
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| Web Site: |
SanAntonioTherapy.net
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| Profession: |
Professional Counselor/Therapist
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| Services: |
Psychotherapy/Counseling
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| Practice Description: |
The psychotherapeutic relationship is unique, unlike any other relationship we may have in our lives. We come to counseling to work with a trained professional who is sensitive to the ways in which our symptoms may be trying to communicate with us. The depths of depression, the constant worry of anxiety, the compulsion to drink or gamble or clean or count, the obsessive thought that gnaws at our waking consciousness—these are signs that the psyche is out of balance. We experience a painful awareness of their negative effects on our daily functioning and relationships, but feel powerless to stop them, confused and bewildered as to their causes. The therapist is a fellow traveler, but one who maintains a degree of objectivity necessary to engage the more subtle nuances of the Soul which manifests itself differently in each one of us. The therapist provides a safe, confidential, and supportive environment in which we may take risks in an attempt at self-discovery.
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Practice Specialties or Interests:
(Strengths are
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Depression
Anxiety Disorders/Phobias
Relationship Issues
Adjustment Disorder
Anger Management
Grief/Loss
Life Transitions
Parenting Issues
Self-esteem
Stress Management
Dream Interpretation
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| Age Specialties: |
Adults
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| Session Formats: |
Individual
Couples
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| Treatment Approaches: |
Cognitive/Cognitive-Behavioral
Eclectic
Existential/Humanistic
Family Systems
Jungian
Object Relations
Psychodynamic
Self Psychology
EFT
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| Education: |
MA Counseling Psychology
Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2001
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| License #: |
18406 |
| License State: |
Texas |
| Additional Licenses/ Certifications: |
I am currently a doctoral candidate in depth psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, CA. |
| Fee Schedule: |
$100 per 50 minute session |
| Accepted Insurance: |
Texas True Choice
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| Driving Directions: |
Although the address, 4067 Broadway, sounds really easy, it is more confusing than it sounds because 4067 is my suite number and is not visible from Broadway. This little strip center/business park is right next door to the SBC office building (a 7 story building) at the corner of Broadway and Hildebrand. If you drive into this center, you can drive all the way to the back and park right in front of my office
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| Additional Comments: |
Depth Psychology has its origins in the pioneering work of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, who posited the idea of the psyche as consisting of both conscious and unconscious thoughts, impulses, fantasies, and ideas. We associate consciousness with awareness, that which we recognize and often think to be true about ourselves and the people and world around us. We refer to people who have been injured and sustain a loss of consciousness as being “unconscious”. They are unaware of what is happening around them.
In contrast, the “unconscious” within the psyche co-exists with our sense of ego consciousness. That is, we may be aware that we are behaving in a particular way but not be aware as to why. We may be aware that we are feeling certain painful emotions and at the same time, not be able to articulate the source of these emotions. Because we are unable to defend against the anxiety their conscious awareness might generate, we may have “forgotten” or “repressed” significant pieces of our personal and familial histories which are then relegated to the realm of the unconscious. Each of us can recount incidents where our behavior ran counter to our conscious intent, meaning, or desire. Expressions such as “it just came out of my mouth” or “I wasn’t myself” or “I don’t know why I did that” convey the power of the unconscious to overtake our conscious minds; in the language of depth psychology, we are in a “complex”, seized by an aspect of our own psyches of which we are unaware, or which we may have unconsciously projected onto others: “Oh yes, that’s her, not me”.
Depth psychology is not meant to “cure” us of these complexes or to reveal completely the mysterious depths of the psyche, but it is a journey in which we may become more aware, may gain insight into ourselves, into the hidden needs, desires, and fears that often motivate us to behave in ways that do not serve us well. With awareness comes choice; we are no longer slaves to the same mistakes or to the same patterns in interpersonal relationships which have continuously proven ineffective, self or other destructive, unproductive. We are free to choose differently and creatively so as to enrich our lives. Depth psychotherapeutic techniques include dialogue with the therapist in an intimate, confidential, and supportive atmosphere, analysis of dreams, active imagination and other expressive modalities like art, music, and poetry. |
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Additional Information
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| Gender: Female |
| Accepting New Clients: Yes |
| Sliding Fee Scale: No |
| Prescribe Medication: No |
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