Compassionate Psychiatrist with Expertise in Comprehensive Mental Health Care and Education
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is for children and adolescents that experienced trauma like sexual abuse, physical abuse, maltreatment, or neglect. Counselors use it in an individual or a group setting.
TF-CBT is highly structured with specific goals for each session, lasting anywhere from eight to 25 sessions. It also includes non-offending parents and caregivers to help the child continue the work they learn during and increase positive behaviors at home, at school, and in the rest of their lives.
TF-CBT helps children and adolescents understand the connection between thoughts and feelings. Additionally, TF-CBT uses the trauma narrative process, where children or adolescents retell the therapist their trauma experience. Then, the child and counselor process the trauma. These phases are crucial to TF-CBT’s goal, which is to allow the child to live a healthier life post-trauma ultimately.
Therapists Who Specialize in Using Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Compassionate Licensed Mental Health Therapist
Therapy is an experience that is unique, and it is my goal to assist you in navigating your own journey. As a collaborative team, we can explore different challenges in your life and work towards becoming the best version of yourself, whatever that looks and feels like for you.
At Esperanza Behavioral Health Services, we believe in a patient-centered approach to mental health care. We listen to our patients and collaborate with them to develop a treatment plan that addresses their unique needs and goals. We provide a comprehensive range of services, including integrated behavioral health, medication management, psychotherapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy.
I'm a dedicated Nurse Practitioner with extensive experience helping patients improve their health and well-being.
I'm a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner dedicated to empowering mental wellness through compassionate, holistic, and integrative care.
My treatment philosophy emphasizes medication management combined with supportive therapy, with the goal of helping clients live happy, fulfilling lives. By creating a safe, non-judgmental space, I ensure that clients feel heard and supported throughout their journey toward mental wellness.
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Many struggle silently with depression, anxiety, and relationship issues. Feeling overwhelmed and trapped in the thoughts can make each day a challenge. But it doesn’t have to be this way. I will help my patients overcome their challenges, to empower them to live life to the fullest. It has been an honor to be the co-pilot on my patients' journey of recovery. I will be there every step of the w...
As your provider, I’m here to help you understand your symptoms and diagnosis. Because each person is unique, I believe that handling them accordingly is appropriate. I firmly believe in providing safe, empathetic, and patient-centered mental healthcare. I employ current evidence-based standards, intuition, and in-depth clinical skills to achieve your healthcare goals. Instead of merely prescri...
An Integrated Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
From the beginning, you are part of your own treatment team. I am the expert on treatment options but you are the expert on you. It’s important to me that we communicate openly and you feel respected and supported even when we are working on challenging things. You can expect clear goals in therapy and with medication, if that is a part of your treatment plan. You can also expect flexibility an...
Once we decide to work together on your treatment journey, it will be paramount for us to be honest and communicate openly to create a very trusted therapeutic relationship and this can be achieved through our collaborative efforts, effective listening, challenging, and supporting you as we journey through our first appointment with be an introduction that would allow you to share your story an...
Positive Partnership With Clients
A Board-certified Mental Health Nurse Practitioner