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Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, PMH-C

Esmeralda Cardenas is a Licensed Professional Counselor based in Helotes and certified in perinatal mental health. She specializes in maternal mental health, supporting mothers through pregnancy, postpartum and parenting, and she works with dads too. Many of her clients seem to be coping well but feel overwhelmed inside, carrying anxiety, intrusive thoughts, guilt, identity shifts and strain in their relationships. She also helps adults and couples with depression, trauma, ADHD and grief. Her therapy is collaborative and structured, offering practical tools and deeper insight to help clients regulate emotions and rebuild confidence, using CBT, ACT, DBT, cognitive processing therapy and somatic, trauma-informed care. She sees clients online.