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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 people in couples/marriage counseling is to build rapport with the couple. I want both individuals to feel safe in knowing that I will be partial throughout this process. I find the best benefit in each individual providing their own perspective in each situation because this will allow their partners to know where they are coming from.
I teach the following tools in couples/marriage counseling:
I know a client is making meaningful progress in couples/marriage counseling when a client is able to make couples therapy a priority and are practicing their new skills when in conflict with their partner.
Clients can supplement their time in couples/marriage counseling with using and implementing exercises learned, use worksheets as a script, and do homework assigned
To prepare for your first couples/marriage counseling session, you can have an open mind, be truthful and ask questions about the process.
Couples therapy and marriage counseling, also known as relationship counseling, helps couples work through their specific relationship issues. Some examples of common focuses within couples therapy and marriage counseling include:
The types of therapy used in couples and marriage counseling include:
At Thriveworks, Couples/marriage therapy is led by licensed professionals — often licensed marriage and family therapists (LMFTs) — who are experts in their field and best-equipped to help couples.
The Gottman Method of couples therapy is a research-supported approach designed to enhance relationships by bolstering the bond between partners, resolving conflicts, and fostering shared meaning in their relationship through comprehensive assessments and tailored interventions that improve communication, trust, and the overall health of the partnership.
If you’re facing persistent relationship problems, communication breakdowns, or unresolved conflicts that are impacting your emotional well-being and happiness, Couples/marriage therapy may be beneficial for you.
While marriage and couple’s counseling is typically recommended for couples who are experiencing persistent or severe relationship issues, any relationship can benefit from attending these sessions.
Marriage and couples counseling at Thriveworks is conducted both in person and online by video. We encourage you to choose the option that works best for you and your partner.
On average, couples attend marriage and couples counseling for 12 weeks. However, couples & marriage counseling may last longer or shorter, dependent on the couples’ needs, the challenges they’d like to work through, and the pace of their progress.
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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