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Family Therapist, MA, LMFT

Jude Johnson is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 22 years in practice, based in Matthews, North Carolina, and seeing clients online. He helps teens, adults and families dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and the habits that keep people stuck, such as avoidance, endless scrolling or staying in bed. Trauma healing is his specialty, using an integrative approach that includes Brainspotting, IFS-informed work, mindfulness, meditation and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, along with CBT, DBT and family systems. He also teaches mindfulness-based stress reduction. His aim is to help clients find more clarity, connection and fulfillment. Sessions are held online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSWA

Jessycka Smith is a licensed clinical social worker associate with four years in practice, based in Charlotte and seeing clients online. She supports teens and adults with anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship challenges, grief, life transitions and perinatal mood disorders. She has a particular passion for parents, both new and experienced, as they move through the changes parenthood brings, and she enjoys helping teens and young adults with identity, independence and direction. She is extensively trained in perinatal mental health and tailors her work to each client, using CBT, DBT, attachment-based therapy, ACT, emotionally focused and compassion-focused approaches. Sessions are held online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW

Staci Comer is a licensed clinical social worker in Huntersville, near Charlotte, with 13 years in practice. Her work centers on children from birth to age 17 and their families, helping young clients cope with trauma, anxiety, depression, grief and big life changes. She also supports parents through pregnancy and the postpartum period and with parenting and school concerns. Because healing for a child involves the adults around them, she gives caregivers guidance and practical strategies alongside the child's sessions. She uses EMDR, CBT, attachment-based and trauma-focused methods, and her style is warm and playful. She also provides clinical supervision. Sessions are available in person in Huntersville and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S

Edgar Napoles is a licensed clinical social worker and supervisor in New Braunfels. His clients include adults, couples, families, college students, first responders and working professionals. He helps with depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship issues, cultural stress and major transitions, and also treats addiction, bipolar disorder and perinatal concerns, with LGBTQ+ affirming care. He brings warmth and structure to sessions, and his own background gives him a firsthand feel for the Hispanic and Mexican American community. His methods include CBT, DBT, EMDR and emotionally focused therapy, applied in a culturally sensitive way, and he also provides immigration evaluations. He sees clients in person in New Braunfels and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC

Stephen Trotter is a Licensed Professional Counselor in San Antonio with three years in practice. He works with individuals and couples hoping to strengthen how they relate to themselves and to others, helping them understand their emotional cycles and the feelings, motives and behaviors that shape how they relate. He also helps with anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, self-esteem and life transitions, and sees children, teens and families. His style is collaborative, positive and warm, with humor and authenticity, and his office is set up to feel calm and cozy. He draws on emotionally focused therapy, the Gottman Method, art therapy and attachment-based work. He sees clients in person in San Antonio and online.

Family Therapist, LMFT

Tania Ortiz is a licensed marriage and family therapist in San Antonio who works with individuals, couples and families, including teens and older adults. She helps with infidelity and other relationship issues, anxiety, depression, stress, grief, trauma, self-esteem and life changes, as well as postpartum concerns. With each client she sets and clarifies goals, explores different paths forward and helps them draw on their own strengths to create lasting change and connection. In couples work she uses the Gottman Method, emotionally focused therapy, solution-focused therapy and CBT. She is bilingual and offers therapy in English and Spanish, in person in San Antonio and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LCDC, HS-BCP

Dankel (DK) Paine is a Licensed Professional Counselor and licensed chemical dependency counselor in Schertz with nine years in practice. She works with preteens, teens and adults on anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, relationships and addiction, as well as parenting and family concerns. She believes people cannot always control what happens to them but can learn to change how they respond, and she helps clients make sense of hardship, uncertainty and change. Her methods include CBT, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, solution-focused work, coaching, and play and sandplay therapy. She works with clients online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW

Artrevisa Payton is a licensed clinical social worker based in San Antonio, licensed in Texas and Mississippi, with 14 years in practice. She works with adults and older adults who feel drained by responsibility, change or uncertainty, or who are always available for others but rarely for themselves. She specializes in anxiety, depression, life transitions, and the strain of Alzheimer's and dementia, and also helps with grief, burnout, self-esteem and family stress. Her style is calm, conversational and goal-focused, drawing on CBT plus solution-focused and client-centered work to help clients gain clarity and build tools for daily life. She sees clients online.

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.