Art Therapy in Stephens County, TX

Welcome to Heart Works Therapy! We offer a wide range of therapeutic modalities including Art Therapy, EMDR, Play Therapy, Executive Functioning Skills Coaching, Affective Psychology, CBT, Nature Therapy, and Animal Assisted Therapy. Our offices are located in the heart of the River District of Fort Worth, which accommodates Walk and Talk Therapy with Layla our Registered Therapy Dog. We offer services for all ages, children 5 and up, adolescents, and adults. We invite clients to step into a safe space for healing and growth to take place. We look forward to partnering with our clients and their unique journey towards well-being.

Helena is a compassionate and perceptive listener, offering you a healing space with focus on solutions. Gifted in establishing rapport quickly, Helena’s approach focuses on empathetic guidance, identification of client strengths, and replacing destructive patterns. Helena specializes in treating adults struggling with life transitions associated with work, stress, relationships ,anxiety, and depression. With previous experience as a School Counselor and Teacher, Helena also has a passion for working with young adults 18 and up with identity issues, anger and low self-esteem.

My experience includes working closely with professionals, including law enforcement and CPS, to provide justice and healing to children and teens who have experienced abuse. I am truly passionate about counseling children, adolescents, and teenagers to help them find their voice and empower them to take charge of their own healing. Along with teens and children, I have extensive experience working with couples and families. I believe families and couples function as systems and can work through most issues by focusing on identifying destructive patterns, working on their communication and understanding towards each other.

Howdy! The techniques I utilize are from the foundations of Person Centered and Solution Focused Theory with some art therapy mixed in (if you are comfortable with experimenting with creative therapy). To begin, we will discuss what goals you would like to accomplish during our time together. My philosophy of therapy is, I feel you are the authority in your life and therapy can be a catalyst to identify barriers keeping you from achieving goals. We join together as a team to process, help identify goals, and strategize in making the positive change you would like to see in your life.

I enjoy working with individuals, couples and families who struggle with poor communication, boundary issues, behavioral problems, depression, anxiety, and self harming behaviors. I specialize in treating teens and adults by incorporating Reality Therapy with Art Therapy techniques. By using creative expression clients are able to get in touch with what they feel, learn what they want, evaluate their behavior and make a plan for achieving the outcomes they desire. By choosing healthy thoughts and behaviors the client chooses a more fulfilling life.

Christi Moreno is a Licensed Professional Counselor at Comfort and Joy Therapy. She received her MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from a CACREP program and enjoys working with children (7+), adolescents, and adults of all ages. She enters every counseling relationship with a person-centered approach and uses a variety of counseling techniques and theories as appropriate for specific client situations. Techniques and theories could include elements from Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Trauma-Focused CBT, Adlerian Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, DBT, Art Therapy, and many others.

Hi there! As a queer person, I know how hard it is to find a therapist you feel safe to open up to. My role is to provide quality therapy in a safe, judgement-free zone. My clients often feel overwhelmed, stuck, or different and struggle with depression, anxiety, perfectionism, life stress, and trauma. Although I specialize in LGBTQ+ affirming therapy (especially with lesser-known identities such as asexual, aromantic, nonbinary, genderfluid, etc), I work with all kinds of people who simply want a better life.

Challenges, conflict and change are inevitable. Many of our thoughts, choices, behaviors and patterns develop as an adaptive response to our personal experiences and adversities. However, sometimes these same thoughts, behaviors and patterns stop working for us and become maladaptive. We feel "stuck." They become a great source of distress for us and for those around us. My goal is to provide a safe, warm, supportive environment for individuals to explore and gain insight into their thoughts, behaviors and patterns, reassess their usefulness and explore and establish healthier, more effective alternatives.

Do you miss the ability to make decisions without overthinking? Do you miss being able to get out of bed with a focused and positive mindset? Do you miss feeling like you are in control of your life and all life has to offer? I am a licensed professional counselor and I help adolescents and adults overcome anxiety and depression and find ways to discover balance in the midst of chaos. I enjoy utilizing CBT, person-centered, and art therapy together to get you to a place of feeling whole again. Whether you are on the journey to find healing, balance, establishing boundaries, and desire to find your inner peace.

On the outside everything looks great, but inside you feel like you are falling apart. Anxious, depressed, unhappy, and unsatisfied. You have been slowly isolating yourself and you can't stand it anymore. Easily irritated by things that you used to have patience for, fighting with the people you love constantly, and you aren't spending enough time taking care of yourself. Your relationships are suffering. Please don't wait until things get even worse. Like a car, a therapy "tune up" will get you back on track before the engine blows! If you are tired of how things are going and committed to improvement, it's time to call.

Welcome! My name is Vanessa Saenz, and I am excited that you have allowed me the opportunity to help you on your journey. My goal is to walk with you through these life challenges and help with providing a safe place where you can feel accepted and understood. I understand that every person is not the same or has the same experience; therefore, my goal is for my clients to leave each session feeling heard and supported.

I believe in each client’s potential and unique creativity. Your mind and body are designed to heal. I seek to help clients connect and return to the natural and healthy design of rest and digest and grow coping tools when faced with being in a fight or flight mode. Hope is a critical force in the healing process. “Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all the darkness,” Desmond Tutu. Being able to connect to the present with honesty, transparency, and non-judgment is a key ingredient to understanding oneself and embracing the healing journey.

Feeling a little overwhelmed? Struggling with Mom guilt? I believe that all people deserve the chance to have joy and embrace their best life. I specialize in helping individuals with anxiety, depression, relationships, behavior issues, and self-esteem concerns. Together, we will explore your concerns and obstacles to your joy.

Healing happens through connection. Counseling gives everyone a space to heal, grow, and feel accepted. Everyone deserves to tell their story and it is my passion to listen, support, and empower you. I provide empathetic understanding, teach practical coping skills, and create top-notch treatment plans tailored to your specific needs.

Through the process of traditional therapy and/or the making and creating of artwork individuals are encouraged to explore feelings, reconcile emotional conflicts, foster self-awareness, manage behaviors, develop social skills/communications, improve reality orientation, reduce anxiety, promote relaxation and increase self-esteem. I believe that you will find in working together a sense of support, encouragement, challenge and empowerment which promotes and fosters personal growth, an assistance in healing your mind and body, and an enhanced quality of life. I invite you to join me in creative discoveries of self!

Traditional counseling is not the best fit for every individual and there are so many other pathways to healing available to you. Art therapy can provide an expressive non-verbal experience to unlock the inner world and provide clarity to those who are struggling with mental health. Using creativity to heal can be used by all ages from 5-100+. If you feel that the traditional counseling setting just isn't working for you and you are looking to gain a different perspective on the healing process, art therapy may be just for you.

The ideal client has experienced trauma, feels lost and is seeking support to reclaim their life, experiences and sense of self.

Having the pleasure of working with kids, adults, couples and families for the past 20+ years has taught me that not all storms come to disrupt our life, some come to clear our path. My role is to provide a safe, non-judgmental space to explore challenges you may be facing. Together we will identify your strengths and develop them into effective strategies for coping with everyday life. We Fall. We Break. We Fail. But then we Rise. We Heal. We Overcome.