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Having personally overcome adversity, I bring an authentic understanding of life’s challenges and how they can affect our daily li...
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Having personally overcome adversity, I bring an authentic understanding of life’s challenges and how they can affect our daily lives, allowing me to walk alongside clients with empathy and genuine support.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with 10 years of experience. I specialize in anxiety, depression, and trauma, helping clients navigate life’s challenges with purpose and resilience. My background includes advanced clinical training in emotional wellness and stress management, which allows me to guide individuals toward balance and personal growth in meaningful ways.
I earned my Master’s in Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Texas. My approach integrates evidence-based techniques to address emotional regulation, cognitive patterns, and trauma recovery, creating a supportive environment where clients can heal, learn, and thrive.
I’m committed to helping you find relief from overwhelming emotions and build lasting tools for resilience. My style is compassionate and collaborative, emphasizing safety and nonjudgment. Together, we’ll work toward rediscovering your strengths and moving forward with greater confidence and clarity.
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As a woman who has experienced stress, loss, and trauma, I understand the impact of painful life circumstances and how they challe...
As a woman who has experienced stress, loss, and trauma, I understand the impact of painful life circumstances and how they challenge us to grow, to build skills, adapt, move forward, and thrive.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 15 years of experience. I bring a compassionate, solution-focused approach to my work. My clients are navigating anxiety, depression, relationship conflicts, life transitions, or grief and loss. They want to learn coping skills, reduce symptoms, gain self-awareness, heal from past trauma, process grief, and improve communication skills in relationships. Together, we focus on developing self-insight, identifying triggers, and building healthy coping skills to process painful emotions and overcome challenges. I help clients gain the tools and confidence to make positive changes, achieve goals, and move forward to balanced lives.
I earned a Master’s in Social Work from the University of Texas. My therapeutic style integrates cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and solution-focused therapy to support clients in achieving meaningful change. I believe you are the expert of your own story and that you possess many strengths to help you overcome life’s challenges.
Taking the first step toward therapy takes courage, and I’m proud of you for getting started. Reach out to schedule an appointment today!
Hola, my name is Monica. I was born in Mexico and I am proud to call San Antonio my home for over 20 years now....
Hola, my name is Monica. I was born in Mexico and I am proud to call San Antonio my home for over 20 years now.
Monica Pinzon is a Licensed Professional Counselor that has developed experience helping families with generational trauma, cultural issues, youth-specific trauma, challenges as an immigrant, life adjustments, and family conflict. Monica is an immigrant who has a strong understanding of the impact that life adjustments can have on a person's mental health and overall sense of well-being. She is able to connect with youth easily and utilizes unconditional positive regard with all her clients. Monica completed her Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Monica utilizes a strength-based, client-centered, and holistic treatment approach and tailors dialog and treatment to meet the unique needs of each client. She uses different modalities as needed including cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, art therapy, and play therapy, among other specialties.
Life is change, and change can be hard, but it doesn't have to be all the time. Life has a way of giving you opportunities to learn about your strengths and ability to cope with challenges. Monica uses her personal experience with change and her professional training to help you on your journey!
You deserve dedicated time with a mental health professional — it can be life-changing.
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My go-to approach for helping kids in child therapy is allowing clients to answer for themselves. I find the best benefit in allowing client to take the lead because this gives them a sense of control and helps clients feel safe.
I use the following tools in child therapy:
I know a client is making meaningful progress in child therapy when they are able to do well in a classroom setting and at home. They are able to communicate to their teachers, parents, and their peers what they are feeling and what they need.
Clients can supplement their time in child therapy with help from their parents or guardians in reminding them of the tools they have learned and can use. They can also practice the tools they have learned in their everyday life.
To prepare for their first child therapy session, a child can be reminded to be focused and to ask parents and clinicians questions when they are in sessions.
Child therapy, also known as counseling for kids, helps young individuals better understand and manage the challenges that affect their mental health. Common challenges amongst kids include behavioral issues, trauma, bullying, depression, and anxiety. All ages of children can attend and benefit from child therapy at Thriveworks San Antonio.
Child therapy works by using multiple techniques tailored to fit the child’s needs based on their age group, their challenges, and the severity of their challenges. It might involve play therapy for younger kids or cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, art therapy, and others for varying ages. In any case, Thriveworks child therapists in San Antonio, TX have the expertise and experience to help kids at their level.
Child therapy is a type of therapy meant for clients within a specific age group, while play therapy is an approach to therapy that helps children with self-expression and stress relief, among others. Play therapy is a technique that is often used in child therapy to help children express what’s running through their minds when they do not have the words to express their thoughts and emotions. It can get children to express what’s wrong, what might be causing unwanted behaviors, or what they might need in a way that is accessible to them so that therapists can then work to treat the issue.
It’s not always obvious when a child should see a therapist for their behavior, though in the midst of challenges like divorce, loss, bullying, and other mental health conditions, it’s often a good idea to seek it out. Common behaviors that can indicate a need for child therapy include separation anxiety, bedwetting (at inappropriate ages), and agitation/excessive irritability — especially if it reaches a point of physical violence.
Cognitive behavioral therapy at Thriveworks in San Antonio, TX is one of the best types of therapy for children. However, it can be administered in child therapy sessions in a variety of ways that are more accessible to young minds, such as play therapy.
Child therapy at Thriveworks is conducted both in person and online by video. We encourage you to choose the option that works best for you.
The length of child therapy depends on your child’s needs as well as the goals that you and their therapist might have for them. Generally, child therapy sessions will last for several months.
At Thriveworks, we accept most major insurance plans, allowing many clients to pay as little as $0–$50 per session with their co-pay. We also offer self-pay options for those out-of-network or without insurance. Self-pay rates for talk therapy range from $160 to $240 for intake sessions and $135 to $195 for follow-ups, depending on your state. For psychiatry services, self-pay intake sessions are $255–$375, with follow-ups ranging from $175–$300, also varying by state. More information on current self-pay costs is available on our pricing page.
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Includes reducing symptoms with medication & management
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